This gene contains the instructions for making the huntingtin proteinhuntingtin protein The protein produced by the HD gene..

6 min read | A new study suggests that reduced awareness of symptoms, known as anosognosia, may appear even in the earliest ...

Hello from Palm Springs! The HDBuzz team are here and ready to report on all of the exciting science that we are going to hear over the next 3 days from HD experts who have travelled from all over the ...

A new study led by researchers from University College London has helped uncover some of the earliest changes that happen in people with the gene for Huntington’s disease (HD), long before obvious ...

People who develop Huntington’s disease (HD) are born with the genetic change that causes the disease. So why does it take decades, usually around 40 to 50 years, for the symptoms of the disease to ...

Proteins are like molecular dancers, with the cell acting as their dance floor. Proteins pair up with various partners to perform elaborate dances. Depending on who they partner with, they can carry ...

Today, Roche announced in a community letter difficult news for the Huntington’s disease (HD) community, discontinuing two separate clinical programmes after new data emerged from ongoing studies. The ...

In plain language. Written by scientists. ⏱️8 min read | People with Huntington’s disease commonly experience unintended weight loss. A recent article identified the challenges around HD’s impact on ...

A new form of the chorea drug valbenazine (INGREZZA) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for those who have difficulty swallowing pills. These drugs are taken by ...

Imagine a vast and intricate factory, humming with activity. This factory isn’t manufacturing cars or electronics but rather the essential components that keep our bodies running. Inside each cell, ...

When you care for someone with Huntington’s disease (HD), you will be familiar with medical terms such as progressive, inherited, and ...

In an update from uniQure, they report that their experimental gene therapy, AMT-130, has the potential to slow Huntington’s disease progression in key clinical study. HD is caused by a faulty copy of ...