Now, the researchers have learned more about what can control the traffic-controlling HTT.

Genetic mutations occur everyday in our cells, but the vast majority of them are repaired. New research finds DNA repair is not on PAR in HD cells, causing mutations to build up in people with HD.

Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that kills nerve cells in the brain, causing people to lose their cognitive and ...

The Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) is proud to mark 33 years of Huntington's Disease (HD) Awareness Month, a nationwide initiative dedicated to educating the public and empowering fami ...

Huntington’s disease disrupts genetic "traffic lights," keeping genes green when they should be red. These genetic traffic jams may act to speed brain cell aging and faulty traffic cops ...

Amy is adopted and has no contact with her biological parents, which has made it harder for her to trace the origins of her ...

The Huntington’s Disease Society of America hosted Rochester’s first Team Hope Walk on Saturday morning at Roberts Wesleyan ...

The genetic mutation linked to Huntington’s has long ... sufficient — to cause Huntington’s. McCarroll agreed that 100 or fewer CAGs are not sufficient to trigger the disease, but said ...

University at Buffalo researchers shed some light on an enduring neuroscience mystery: How exactly does a mutated huntingtin ...