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

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder that you can inherit ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

The announcement comes months after UniQure became embroiled in a public debate with FDA leaders over the clinical trial data supporting its application.

Author Corinne Brown releases her deeply personal memoir, “Me, Mom & the Monster: Our Dance Through Huntington’s Disease,” a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Huntington’s disease is a progressive brain disorder caused by a defective gene (Alamy/PA) Scientists have slowed the progression ...

In patients with Huntington's disease, neurons in a part of the brain called the striatum are among the hardest-hit. Degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients' loss of motor control, which ...

The Swiss pharmaceutical giant told patient groups tominersen didn't delay disease progression in one trial, while a study of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. People affected by Huntington’s disease could at last benefit from the ...

These two programme terminations leave Roche with just one Huntington’s disease candidate.

Medication used to treat cancer could potentially be an effective therapy for Huntington’s disease. The drug may also offer a pathway to treat other neurodegenerative diseases. In 2017, Dr. Albert La ...

Neuroscientists find two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by Huntington's disease. They believe neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor ...