Leora Fox trained as a Huntington's Disease scientist, and obtained her PhD in 2016 at Columbia University, where she studied HD mouse models and how brain cells dispose of huntingtin protein. After ...

A highly-anticipated scientific paper has landed! This new work challenges current theories in Huntington’s disease research, ...

Researchers have detected early changes in brain scans and biomarkers in young people with the Huntington’s disease gene, 20 ...

Cell replacement therapy is making massive strides for other diseases. But what about Huntington’s disease? Can we use ...

Dr. Tamara Maiuri is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Ray Truant's group at McMaster University, Canada. Prior to joining the Huntington's disease field, Tamara obtained her PhD from the Medical ...

Peter attended medical school at Queen’s University Belfast. He is now a Specialty Registrar in Neurology in London and an Academic Clinical Fellow attached to the Huntington’s Disease Research Group ...

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While HD primarily affects the brain, people with HD have subtle changes to their nervous system that can also affect heart rate and blood pressure. The scientists who worked on this paper had ...

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Emma is a PhD student at UCL Institute of Neurology, where she works in Professor Sarah Tabrizi’s team. Her research explores the role of DNA repair in Huntington’s disease, which she hopes will ...