Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

New research shows that the mutation is, surprisingly, harmless for decades. But it quietly grows into a larger mutation — ...

Approximately 23 years before a clinical diagnosis, CSF analysis showed very early signs of neurodegeneration with elevated ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over ...

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

If you’ve ever heard of Huntington’s disease, you know how devastating it can be. This hereditary brain disorder slowly robs ...