Huntington’s disease

A new route for treatment for Huntington’s Disease?
Using an in vitro kinome screen, the lab of Hilal Lashuel at EPFL identified a
Huntington’s disease can be detected 24 years before clinical symptoms show
Neurons affected by the huntingtin protein. Credit: Dr. Steven Finkbeiner, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease,
Scientists harness a super assassin Huntington’s gene for a new cancer treatment

Patients with Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic illness that causes the breakdown of nerve cells

The first drug targeting the cause of Huntington’s disease was safe and well-tolerated in its first human trial

The first drug targeting the cause of Huntington’s disease was safe and well-tolerated in its

A key cellular protein could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

A new way to regulate protein levels and functions could be the answer to treating

Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells

Scientists have described a way to convert human skin cells directly into a specific type

English: Diagram of how microtubules desintegrate with Alzheimer's disease Français : La protéine Tau dans un neurone sain et dans un neurone malade Español: Esquema que muestra cómo se desintegran los microtúbulos en la enfermedad de Alzheimer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Promising approach to slow brain degeneration in a model of Huntington’s disease uncovered

Mechanism uncovered could also help preserve neuron function in Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury and

Breakthrough on Huntington’s Disease

Researchers at Lund University have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington’s disease, depression