Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that usually appears in adulthood, causing the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. However, a West Texas family traveled all the way to ...

Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that usually appears in adulthood, causing the progressive breakdown of nerve ...

An Orange County woman is opening up about what it’s like to live with a fatal, rare disease that’s been compared to having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s all at once. Carrie Bryson, a ...

An Orange County woman opens up about what it's like to live with Huntington's Disease, a fatal genetic disorder that causes ...

While updated study results confirmed the drug lowers a target protein, the therapy's effect on clinical outcomes was less ...

Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Silver Building, New York, New York 10003, United States Simons Center for Computational Physical Chemistry, New York ...

The research team published their results on April 23 in the journal Cell. About one in nine people aged 65 and older has Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia. While some ...

Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by the expansion of polyglutamine repeats in huntingtin protein (HTT), leading to the formation of aggresomes composed of mutant huntingtin (mHTT). This ...

FARGO — The Northern Plains Chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America will host a Team Hope Walk fundraiser and community-building event from 10 a.m. to noon May 3 at Rheault Farm ...

Adding to the challenge is the disease’s rarity. ALS affects only two to three people per 100,000 annually, and there's a lack of awareness among general practitioners. “Most family doctors will ...

A non-invasive PCR test that measures the ratio between two biomarkers could help detect Parkinson’s disease long before symptoms appear. ‘In many respects, neurodegenerative diseases today are where ...

Two people in Oregon have died from a rare, progressive brain disorder similar to "mad cow disease" that leads to dementia and is %100 fatal. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed the ...