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Mystery solved: Tiny protein-activator responsible for brain cell damage in Huntington disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

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, ...


Old gastrointestinal drug slows aging

Chemistry /

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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. ...


Researchers show efficacy of gene therapy in mouse models of Huntington's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Huntington disease begins to take hold early on

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


New hope for treatment of neurodegenerative disorder

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Southern California have taken an important first step toward protecting against Huntington disease using gene therapy.


Researchers gain insight into mechanism underlying Huntington's

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...