At Risk for Huntington's Disease

HD is a genetically caused brain disorder that causes uncontrollable bodily movements and robs people's ability to walk, talk, eat, and think. The final result is a slow, ugly death. Children of parents with HD have a 50-50 chance of inheriting the disease. There is no cure or treatment.

Showing posts with label repeat expansion disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label repeat expansion disorder. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

At Harvard-MGH’s Mouro Pinto Lab, deploying CRISPR in the quest to cure Huntington’s disease

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  With a $1 million grant from the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF), a team of top researchers led by Ricardo Mouro Pin...
Friday, October 21, 2022

After abrupt shutdown of Triplet Therapeutics, Huntington’s disease community regroups in the fight for therapies

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  Triplet Therapeutics, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based start-up that aimed to transform the treatment of Huntington’s diseas...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Triplet Therapeutics aims to transform the approach to treating Huntington’s disease, similar disorders

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Huntington’s disease causes complex symptoms and attacks the brain ­– the most difficult organ to access with drugs. Thus, current remedies ...
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