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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 day ago

How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment that Slows Huntington's Disease

But last Wednesday was a day unlike any other. I cried with every single patient, Sung says. It just was this crazy feeling that, for the patients and families, almost can't feel real. That day the results of important phase 1/2 clinical trials had finally been released: an experimental gene therapy drug was the first treatment shown to slow the progression of Huntington's disease.
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fromIndependent
1 day ago

Series of health service failings delayed woman's diagnosis with devastating Huntington's disease for years, lawsuit claims

Family say they were left in dark about risk of them developing the neurodegenerative disorder
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fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

New Hope in Woody Guthrie's Illness, Huntington's Disease

Huntington's disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder causing mood, movement, and cognitive decline, historically misdiagnosed and now targeted by emerging gene therapy.
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fromNature
6 days ago
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Daily briefing: Universities made the modern world - now they must survive it

fromFuturism
1 week ago
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In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Successfully Treat Devastating Brain Disease Huntington's for the First Time

fromNature
6 days ago
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Daily briefing: Universities made the modern world - now they must survive it

fromFuturism
1 week ago
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In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Successfully Treat Devastating Brain Disease Huntington's for the First Time

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fromAnOther
1 week ago

In His New Memoir, Playwright Martin Sherman Reckons with His Past

Martin Sherman overcame childhood fear, illness, and insecurity to become a celebrated playwright whose work confronted persecution of gay men and cultural change.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Using the Mind to Outsmart Biology in Huntington's Disease

Epigenetic mechanisms and lifestyle choices can delay Huntington's disease onset and reduce severity despite an unchanged DNA sequence.
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fromIndependent
4 months ago

Huntington's Disease: 'There's been so much progress in terms of scientific research - we've been bringing it out of the shadows'

Charles Sabine advocates for Huntington's disease awareness after learning about his father's diagnosis and his own risk for the disorder.
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fromIrish Independent
4 months ago

'I felt sick someone could do this' - Victims of fraudster Samantha Cookes feature in RTE documentary

Samantha Cookes faked a terminal illness, deceiving many including her landlord who went out of his way to help her.
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fromwww.bbc.com
5 months ago

North Scotland among highest rates of Huntington's

Northern Scotland has one of the highest rates of Huntington's disease globally, necessitating urgent expansion of specialist services.
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fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Pop Culture and Huntington's Disease: When Life Imitates Art

Nostalgia for soap operas like 'General Hospital' reconnects viewers with their childhood and lost loved ones, offering comfort in turbulent times.
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