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Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...
Researchers show efficacy of gene therapy in mouse models of Huntington's disease
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have shown that a highly specific intrabody (an antibody fragment that works against a target inside a cell) is capable of stalling the development of Huntington's ...
Transplanted neurons develop disease-like pathology in Huntington's patients
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The results of a recent study published in PNAS question the long-term effects of transplanted cells in the brains of patients suffering from Huntington's disease. This study, conducted jointly by Dr. Francesca Cicchetti ...
Researchers gain insight into mechanism underlying Huntington's
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and Graduate Center for Toxicology (GCT) have gained new insight into the genetic mechanisms underlying Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative or neuromuscular ...
Mystery solved: Tiny protein-activator responsible for brain cell damage in Huntington disease
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins brain scientists have figured out why a faulty protein accumulates in cells everywhere in the bodies of people with Huntington's disease (HD), but only kills cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, ...
New hope for treatment of neurodegenerative disorder
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Southern California have taken an important first step toward protecting against Huntington disease using gene therapy.
Researchers Link Huntington Depression to Genetics
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The depression experienced by people with Huntington disease (HD) may have nothing to do with the emotional stress of knowing you have a devastating, incurable disorder, according to a University of British ...
Huntington disease begins to take hold early on
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A global analysis of brain proteins over a 10-week period in a mouse model of Huntington Disease has revealed some new insights into this complex neurodegenerative disorder. For example, profound changes (comparable to those ...
Researchers describe molecular 'two-step' leading to protein clumps of Huntington's disease
Mar 08, 2009 |
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In a paper published in the early online version of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine deconstruct the first steps in an intricate molecular dance that m ...
Old gastrointestinal drug slows aging
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol - an 80-year old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders - can reverse the progression of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. ...
