Huntington’s disease is a hereditary condition that leads to the progressive degeneration of nerve cells (neurons) in specific areas of the brain. It mainly affects regions that control voluntary ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

An exceptionally rare and fatal genetic disease may finally have a solution. Huntington’s Disease affects one in ten to twenty thousand Americans. The disease is a mixture of dementia and Parkinson’s, ...

One of the most devastating inherited brain disorders, Huntington’s disease, has been treated successfully for the first time, according to doctors. The illness is passed down through families, ...

An experimental gene therapy seems to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease by about 75 per cent, and researchers are ...

In a recent study, beta blockers appeared to significantly lower both the annualized risk for conversion from presymptomatic to symptomatic Huntington’s disease (HD) and the rate of worsening among ...

While Huntington’s disease is progressive and worsens over time, understanding what is to come can help someone with this condition plan for the road ahead. Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative ...

Discover the cutting-edge movement disorders research at BIDMC in Boston, MA, including Parkinson's, Huntington's, dystonia, PSP and MSA.

UCL and uniQure report the first treatment to slow Huntington’s disease with gene therapy AMT-130. High-dose patients had 75% less progression over three years compared with standard care. uniQure ...

A novel gene therapy has been found to significantly slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, offering new hope to sufferers of the incurable disorder that destroys brain cells over time.

Huntington’s disease is a brain disorder that can affect various functions, including the ability to swallow — particularly as the disease progresses. Huntington’s disease is a neurogenerative ...

Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) was a well-known singer/songwriter with undiagnosed Huntington's disease (HD), born to a family burdened by undiagnosed HD. Guthrie’s mother, Nora, had the disease and was ...