Hunting Down Huntington’s Disease: The Genetic Hunt for a Cure

Hunting Down Huntingtin

Kordasiewicz and colleagues used antisense oligonucleotides to knock down mutant huntingtin in several mouse models of Huntington's disease . 3 Treatment with antisense oligonucleotides lowered ...

Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes nerve cells (neurons) in parts of the brain to gradually break down and die. The disease attacks areas of the brain that help to control voluntary (intentional) movement, as well as other areas.

Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease causes nerve cells in the brain to decay over time. The disease affects a person's movements, thinking ability and mental health. Huntington's disease is rare. It's often passed down through a changed gene from a parent. Huntington's disease symptoms can develop at any time, but ...

New Treatment Shows Promise for Huntington's Disease A gene therapy injected into patients' brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported.

New Huntington's disease treatment has 75 success rate

A novel gene therapy has been found to significantly slow the progression of Huntington's disease , offering new hope to sufferers of the incurable disorder that destroys brain cells over time.

A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease's molecular march and its neurological consequences.

First Treatment That Slows Huntington's Disease Comes after Years of ...

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington's disease , according to early results from a small clinical trial

Signs of Success Patients who received the new treatment experienced a slowing of their disease over the course of the three years. Lead researcher Sarah Tabrizi, professor of clinical neurology and director of the University College London Huntington's Disease Center, calls the findings "spectacular," exceeding all expectations.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

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 ...

A new treatment that proves to slow the progression of Huntington's disease marks a breakthrough for a condition that has long been considered untreatable. Huntington's is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder that gradually deteriorates a person's physical and mental abilities, often leading to death within 10 to 30 years of onset.