Landmark study identifies new genetic risk factors linked to fibromyalgia syndrome
In a landmark study published in Nature Medicine, an international team of researchers has identified new genetic risk…
New gene therapy strategy uses the brain’s own glymphatic transport system for drug delivery
A new study describes a gene therapy strategy that uses the brain’s own glymphatic transport system to distribute…
New drug candidate reduces toxic protein clumps of Huntington’s disease
An experimental drug has been shown to alleviate symptoms of Huntington’s disease and extend lifespan in mouse models.…
UCI Health launches world’s first embryonic stem cell trial for Huntington’s disease
UCI Health, the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, has opened the world’s first in-human embryonic…
Teva’s Data on AUSTEDO® (deutetrabenazine) tablets and AUSTEDO XR® (deutetrabenazine) extended-release tablets Highlight Long-Term Advances in Tardive Dyskinesia Treatment and Care
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd New analysis from the IMPACT-TD Registry demonstrates that treatment with AUSTEDO and AUSTEDO XR led…
Targeting protein fragment may improve Huntington disease treatments
Treatments that target a fragment of the mutant protein that causes Huntington’s disease might be more effective than…
Study elucidates key steps in the ubiquitin tagging of mutated huntingtin protein
Researchers have elucidated key steps in the ubiquitin tagging of the mutated huntingtin protein, providing hope for future…
Using AI to understand the age of disease onset in Huntington’s patients
A team from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences at the University…
UC Irvine receives funding for clinical trial of neural stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease
Leslie M. Thompson, Donald Bren Professor of psychiatry and human behavior as well as neurobiology and behavior at…
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng makes the cut in top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
The Nature’s 10 profile of Liang recognised the disruption caused in January by the release of DeepSeek-R1, a…
In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Successfully Treat Devastating Brain Disease Huntington’s for the First Time
A research team says that for the first time in history, it’s successfully treated Huntington’s disease, a devastating…
Novel vitamin K analogs show promise for reversing neurodegenerative diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease are characterized by the progressive loss of neurons. The resulting…