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What happens in Huntington’s disease?

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that you can inherit ...
They manage to slow down the progression of Huntington's disease using a gene therapy treatment called AMT 130.
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the brain to ...
On a video call in early September, Sarah Tabrizi first saw the data that she and other researchers studying Huntington’s ...
UCL and uniQure report the first treatment to slow Huntington’s disease with gene therapy AMT-130. High-dose patients had 75% less progression over three years compared with standard care. uniQure ...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ For decades it's been one of the defining mysteries of Huntington's disease. Why does the terrible devastation of mind and body start earlier in some people who inherit it ...
Juvenile Huntington’s disease is more aggressive than Huntington’s disease, reducing a child’s life expectancy at a far ...
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Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life. Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers ...