Jeff Carroll, a scientist who carries the mutant gene for Huntington's disease, is now part of a global initiative to advance ...
Jeff Carroll is part of a new effort to accelerate the development of targeted cures for a handful of neurodegenerative ...
New real-world survey data reveal the daily impact of Huntington’s disease (HD) chorea, with over 68% of patients reporting interference with social life or emotional wellbeing 1 and up to 83% of ...
Twelve-month findings showed improvement in Composite Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (cUHDRS) scores from baseline ...
Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...
One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington's – has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and ...
An experimental gene therapy was found to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease in a “pivotal” Phase 1/2 study, according to drugmaker uniQure, marking a major step toward a potential first ...
Huntington's disease is a devastating, inherited neurodegenerative condition causing progressive loss of movement control, thinking and behavior. There is currently no cure and existing treatments ...
In patients with Huntington's disease, neurons in a part of the brain called the striatum are among the hardest-hit. Degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients' loss of motor control, which ...
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...