It’s rare that clinical trial findings are as exciting as what biotech company UniQure has just announced. The company is based in…
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post Finally, a One-Time Treatment that May Slow the Course of Huntington’s DiseaseRead more
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post New Memoir Chronicles the Heartbreak of Huntington’s DiseaseRead more
An eloquent, funny, and heartbreaking new memoir tells the story of Charise Pfeffer, who died in 2024 at age 43 from Huntington’s…
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post Rare Disease Day 2022: Juvenile Huntington’s DiseaseRead more
In honor of Rare Disease Day 2022, February 28th, I’m reposting a DNA Science story from nine years ago. February 16th was…
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post Does a Vitamin Deficiency in the Brain Lie Behind Huntington’s Disease?Read more
The Huntington’s disease (HD) community has recently experienced setbacks, but a new research report may reignite hope, from an unexpected source: the…
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post New Target for Treating Huntington’s Disease: Controlling Runaway DNA RepairRead more
When results of a clinical trial of a treatment for a rare disease are disappointing, feelings of despair among hopeful affected families…
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post Huntington’s Disease: 2 Steps Backward, 1 Step ForwardRead more
Last week’s DNA Science post considered the ebb and flow of treatment possibilities for Alzheimer’s disease. This week, it’s Huntington’s disease. Like…
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post Can CRISPR Conquer Huntington’s?Read more
I set a high bar for writing about mouse studies. I don’t include them in my textbooks or news articles, and only…
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post Rare Disease Day 2016: Huntington’s Disease UpdateRead more
Things do happen for a reason. The editors of PLOS asked me weeks ago to post today, Rare Disease Day, about Huntington’s…
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post Can We Cure Huntington’s Disease?Read more
I didn’t cry until page 123 of Lisa Genova’s terrific new novel Inside the O’Briens. That’s when 44-year-old Boston police officer Joe…
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post Juvenile Huntington’s Disease: The Cruel MutationRead more
Looking back, signs that Jane Mervar’s husband, Karl, had Huntington’s Disease (HD) started about when their youngest daughter, Karli, began to have trouble paying…
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post AI Enhances Human GeneticsRead more
Genetics is a field rich in numbers and patterns, reaching back to Gregor Mendel’s crosses of pea plants with distinguishing characteristics that…
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post An Avalanche of Advances in Human GeneticsRead more
For the first time in 35 years of writing and revising my textbook Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications, I’m happy to report…