This gene contains the instructions for making the huntingtin proteinhuntingtin protein The protein produced by the HD gene..

6 min read | A new study suggests that reduced awareness of symptoms, known as anosognosia, may appear even in the earliest ...

Today, Roche announced in a community letter difficult news for the Huntington’s disease (HD) community, discontinuing two separate clinical programmes after new data emerged from ongoing studies. The ...

Among the problems faced by people with Huntington’s disease (HD), a common one is weight loss. Many individuals with the disease lose weight over time, even when they are trying to eat enough. This ...

In plain language. Written by scientists. ⏱️8 min read | People with Huntington’s disease commonly experience unintended weight loss. A recent article identified the challenges around HD’s impact on ...

Huntington’s disease researchers have been eagerly awaiting a new PET. No, not a puppy or a kitten or even a pet turtle, but a PET tracer to visualize huntingtin (HTTHTT one abbreviation for the gene ...

The cUHDRS is a clinical scale made up of four components that each measure different signs and symptoms of Huntington’s disease. Together, this collection of tests assesses thinking, movement, and ...

A paper recently published in Nature Medicine caught our attention. In it, researchers celebrated Australia’s new federal law banning life insurance companies from using genetic test results when ...