Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by an expansion of a short DNA sequence — the letters C-A-G — located in the very first ...
In people with premanifest HD, lower scores on the visual thinking tests were linked with more movement changes over time.
A new Phase 1 study is testing SRP-1005, a huntingtin-lowering therapy given by injection under the skin. It’s early days, but this approach could add an important new arrow to the HD drug development ...
Spark and Roche issued a joint community letter to share that the first patient has been dosed in a new HD gene therapy trial. To capture your interest with a romance, let’s talk about how these ...
In plain language. Written by scientists. Two individuals with the same CAG repeat count can have vastly different HD journeys. A new study looking at individuals with 36-42 repeats shows that DNA ...
⏱️6 min read | PROTACs act like a precision pruning tool, trimming away toxic huntingtin protein while leaving the healthy form intact. In cells and HD mice, this targeted clean-up improved health and ...
This week, HDBuzz is attending the HD2026 Milton Wexler Biennial Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts. Held every other year and organized by the Huntington’s Disease Foundation (HDF), this conference ...
The past 4 weeks have been a whirlwind in the Huntington’s disease (HD) community. On September 25th we had an update from uniQure about a drug they’re testing for HD in ongoing clinical trials. The ...
An international collaboration between world leaders in Huntington’s disease (HD) that spans both academia and pharmaceutical companies is giving us new insight into how HD progresses. This study has ...
A BLA, or Biologics Licensing Application, is the formal dossier of information that a company uses to request permission to market a biologic, which is a therapy created from living organisms, like ...
August has been a packed month for Huntington’s disease (HD) research. We’ve looked at what can be learned from disappointing ...
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 ...