Researchers mapped the unique structure of protein clumps in Huntington's disease, opening doors to better diagnostics and ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger ...

HD is a rare, adult-onset, autosomal dominant, progressive neurodegenerative disease. George Huntington (Figure 1) was the first person to provide a comprehensive description of adult-onset HD in ...

University of Bergen researcher Markus Miettinen is among the first scientists to provide a detailed description of protein ...

The defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned. An experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid ...

Huntington's disease is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by an autosomal dominant mutation. The hallmark symptom of Huntington's disease is the presence of progressive chorea ...

Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation in the gene called huntingtin on chromosome 4. HD is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, so that each ...