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AMPK Amplifies Huntington's Disease
July 18, 2011 — A new study describes how hyperactivation of AMP-activated protein kinase promotes neurodegeneration in Huntington's ... > full story -
A Step Toward Controlling Huntington's Disease? Potential New Way of Blocking Activity of Gene That Causes HD
June 23, 2011 — Researchers have identified a natural mechanism that might one day be used to block the expression of the mutated gene known to cause Huntington's disease. Their experiments offer not an immediate ... > full story -
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Alzheimer's
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Compound May Provide Drug Therapy Approach for Huntington's Disease
June 23, 2011 — Researchers have identified compounds that appear to inhibit a signaling pathway in Huntington's disease, a finding that may eventually lead to a potential drug therapy to help slow the progression ... > full story -
Huntington's Disease
Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Research
Disorders and Syndromes
Diseases and Conditions
Healthy Aging
Novel Drug Alleviates Symptoms in Huntington's and Alzheimer's Mice
June 2, 2011 — Scientists have identified a drug candidate that diminishes the effects of both Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease in animal models, offering new hope for patients who currently lack any ... > full story -
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Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Research
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Huntington's Disease Breakthrough: New Research Offers Promise of Medical Intervention
June 2, 2011 — Medical researchers may have uncovered a novel approach to treat an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people. Two international studies ... > full story -
Two Gene Classes Linked to New Prion Formation
May 26, 2011 — Researchers have discovered two classes of yeast genes that may hold clues as to why proteins take on the misfolded prion form, a condition associated with several neurodegenerative diseases, such as ... > full story -
Huntington's Disease
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Parkinson's Research
Disorders and Syndromes
Alzheimer's Research
Neutrons Provide First Sub-Nanoscale Snapshots of Huntington's Disease Protein
May 18, 2011 — Scientists have for the first time successfully characterized the earliest structural formation of the disease type of the protein that causes Huntington's disease. The researchers have used a ... > full story -
Novel Mouse Model Provides Insight Into Rare Neurodegenerative Disease
May 11, 2011 — New research sheds light on common pathogenic mechanisms shared by Huntington's disease (HD) and HD-like disorders. The study uses a new transgenic mouse model for an HD-like disorder to unravel ... > full story -
Biologists Find Another Clue to the Origins of Degenerative Diseases
April 11, 2011 — A research team shows that cell death can also result from the process by which the cell repairs damage that occurs within a repeated CAG/CTG sequence. Their findings increase understanding of how ... > full story -
Huntington's Disease
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Neuroscience
Psychology Research
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Disorders and Syndromes
Huntington's Disease Protein Has Broader Effects on Brain, Study Shows
April 5, 2011 — In Huntington's disease, the mutant protein known as huntingtin leads to the degeneration of a part of the brain known as the basal ganglia, causing the motor disturbances that represent one of the ... > full story
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