Unlocking Huntington's Disease: DNA Repair Protein Could Hold Key To New Treatments
A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or ...
Nature1y
A trinucleotide repeat biosensor
DNA trinucleotide repeat expansions are known to be associated with several hereditary neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington disease, Fragile X syndrome and spinocerebellar ataxia.
Hosted on MSN1mon
Brain Changes Emerge Decades Before Huntington's Diagnosis
Huntington's is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder caused by extended CAG trinucleotide repeats in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. The sequence tends to expand continually in a process known as ...
Medscape23d
Early Signs of Huntington’s Detectable Decades Before Symptoms Present
HD is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder affecting five to ten in 100,000 people and caused by a mutation of the huntingtin (HTT) gene, which results in extended CAG trinucleotide repeats.
Cure Rare Disease Awarded $5.69 Million CIRM Grant to Advance Gene Therapy for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3
Cure Rare Disease (CRD) announced it has been awarded a $5.69 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative ...