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.

Growing up, Nick Gough’s mother, Margie Gough, never revealed to her family that she had Huntington’s disease. Gough and his siblings thought that the personality changes she experienced were just who ...

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Scientists at Northwestern University and Case Western Reserve University have developed the first polymer-based therapy for Huntington’s disease. Published in Science Advances, the novel molecule ...

Growing up, Nick Gough’s mother, Margie Gough, never revealed to her family that she had Huntington’s disease. Gough and his siblings thought that the personality changes she experienced were just who ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully treated someone suffering from Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic illness ...

Scientists at Northwestern and Case Western Reserve universities have developed the first polymer-based therapeutic for Huntington's disease, an incurable, debilitating illness that causes nerve cells ...

Investigational laquinimod did not change motor symptoms of Huntington's disease after 1 year but did significantly reduce caudate volume loss compared with placebo, the phase II LEGATO-HD trial found ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug compound showed promise at reversing Huntington's disease in mice without the toxic effects seen in similar compounds, raising hope for a treatment for this fatal, ...