It is an especially relevant question for many living with Huntington’s Disease (HD). Notably, some studies have shown that ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ For decades it's been one of the defining mysteries of Huntington's disease. Why does the terrible devastation of mind and body start earlier in some people who ...

A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or ...

Andrews Iinherited Huntington’s disease from my mother. I grew up in a family of strangely diseased people. Reclusive and ...

They focused on the Huntington's mutation, which involves a stretch of DNA in a particular gene where a three-letter sequence—CAG—is repeated at least 40 times. In people without the disease ...

Huntington's disease is a devastating neurodegenerative condition affecting movement, thinking and behavior. It is a genetic disease and people with an affected parent have a 50% chance of ...

Less than a month after researchers unveiled that a “ticking DNA clock” is behind Huntington’s disease (HD), scientists have ...

Using CRISPR technology, scientists uncovered genes that control C-A-G genetic stumbles in Huntington's disease ...

Huntington’s symptoms – which include involuntary ... sequence – CAG – is repeated at least 40 times. In people without the disease this sequence is repeated just 15 to 35 times.

Huntington's disease is a devastating neurodegenerative condition affecting movement, thinking and behaviour. It is a genetic disease and people with an affected parent have a 50% chance of ...

Huntington's symptoms -- which include involuntary ... sequence -- CAG -- is repeated at least 40 times. In people without the disease, this sequence is repeated just 15-35 times.