The neurodegenerative disease slowly damages the brain, taking away the ability to walk, talk, eat, drink, make decisions and ...

The rate in the area is 14.5 per 100,000 people, more than five times the estimated worldwide rate of 2.71 per 100,000 people.

How an unlikely source—the medical soap opera "General Hospital"—inspired me to face my genetic fate and get tested for ...

The original PROOF-HD trial of pridopidine was negative, but a new analysis showed it has clinically meaningful effects in ...

"Pridopidine shows long-term sustained efficacy up to 2 years, and there's significant long-term benefit confirmed compared ...

Lane Butts, a Spokane resident, is confronting the possibility of inheriting Huntington's disease, a genetic brain disease ...

This type of medication can help manage the uncontrolled movements that can occur with Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a progressive ...

However, several key challenges have stood in the way: RIDE is like giving CRISPR a navigation system, allowing it to precisely deliver gene editing technology to specific cells, like brain cells in ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Huntington City Council members are expected to vote on the proposed budget at Monday night’s Council meeting. This follows a budget hearing last week that had such a ...

However, how the mutation causes the disease remains poorly understood. A longstanding enigma in Huntington’s disease, however, has been how the mutated protein derived from the huntingtin gene ...