A recent paper links CAG repeat expansion with widespread RNA changes, especially in brain cells vulnerable to HD. “Knocking ...

New research suggests the adult brain can be convinced to grow new neurons to replace those lost in Huntington’s disease. The ...

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Dr. Sarah Hernandez is the Director of Research Programs at the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF). She carried out her postdoctoral work with Dr. Leslie Thompson at the University of California, ...

Leora Fox trained as a Huntington's Disease scientist, and obtained her PhD in 2016 at Columbia University, where she studied HD mouse models and how brain cells dispose of huntingtin protein. After ...

Ed is a neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK, and a Professor of Neurology at University College London where he is Associate Director of the Huntington’s ...

Peter attended medical school at Queen’s University Belfast. He is now a Specialty Registrar in Neurology in London and an Academic Clinical Fellow attached to the Huntington’s Disease Research Group ...

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