New genetic research shows why some people develop deadly Huntington's disease earlier than others. The findings could lead ...

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately 20 ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

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.

Beta blockers were associated with later appearance of motor symptoms and slower symptom worsening, but an outside expert ...

A recent study published in Cell reveals that the repeated DNA sequence that leads to Huntington’s disease (HD) expands ...

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time.

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 ...