This Week In Huntington's Disease Research keeps you up-to-date on HDSA research activities, recently published work about Huntington’s disease, historical moments in HD research and more.

HDBuzz on minibrains, National Suicide Prevention Week, Founders Day

Posted on September 6, 2024

What can mini brains tell us about HD? HDBuzz has the breakdown  Stem cells have exciting potential for application for…

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Clinical trials and Disability, POWERHD, Online Survey

Posted on August 22, 2024

Clinical trial Participation and Disability   To file a disability claim, medical records are a must. But do clinical trial…

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Research Updates, Make-A-Will, Career Milestones

Posted on August 15, 2024

2024 HDF Milton Wexler Biennial Symposium   Last week, HDSA staff were excited to join the Hereditary Disease Foundation’s Milton…

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Support Innovation in HD Drug Development, HD History 

Posted on August 1, 2024

Online Survey: Supporting Innovation in HD Drug Development   Provide the Food and Drug Administration, researchers, medical product developers and…

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2024 HDSA Research Fellows, HDSA Convention Recap

Posted on July 18, 2024

HDSA Announces 2024 Research Fellowship Recipients   Last week, HDSA announced the newest recipients of the Berman-Topper Family HD Career…

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uniQure Updates, SkyHawk Updates, NIH ENGAGE

Posted on July 11, 2024

uniQure shares update on AMT-130    Earlier this week, uniQure shared an update on their clinical study of AMT-130, an…

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SELECT-HD Update, PIVOT-HD Update, PT Guidelines

Posted on June 27, 2024

Wave Life Sciences shares SELECT-HD Update  Earlier this week, Wave Life Sciences shared the results of SELECT-HD, a small phase…

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PTC518 Update, POWER-HD, The HDSA Podcast

Posted on June 20, 2024

PTC Therapeutics shares update on PTC-518 PTC Therapeutics announced today results from PIVOT-HD, the Phase 2 study of PTC518 for HD….

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Sage Update, HD Research Webinar, Blood Brain Barrier

Posted on June 13, 2024

Sage Therapeutics announces SURVEYOR update   Earlier this week, Sage Therapeutics announced the results of the SURVEYOR trial of a…

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Convention, uniQure news, HTT-lowering & CAG Expansion, Talking HD  

Posted on June 6, 2024

HDSA’s 39th Annual Convention  Last week, HDSA welcomed over 750 members of the HD community to Spokane, WA for its…

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HD Awareness Day, Today in HD History , HDBuzz at HDA

Posted on May 16, 2024

International HD Awareness Day   The global Huntington’s Disease community celebrates May 15 as the International Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day, a…

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Brain Donation & Mental Health Awareness, CHDI online

Posted on May 9, 2024

Brain Donation Awareness Day   HD is frequently studied in animal models that reveal important information about the disease, but…

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HD Awareness Month, INGREZZA Update, Research Webinar

Posted on May 2, 2024

Happy HD Awareness Month!    May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month, and we need your help to turn up the volume…

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New Research on CAGs, The HDSA Podcast, Online Surveys

Posted on April 25, 2024

HDBuzz: “How many is too many?” New research on CAGs   HD is caused by an expansion of C-A-Gs in the…

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SAGE-718 on Help4HD, TEVA on AUSTEDO, PolyQ research

Posted on April 18, 2024

Help4HD discusses SAGE-718  Cognitive changes are a frequent early symptom of HD that can have major impacts on quality of…

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Talk on Tau, Research Webinar, HD on TEDxBath Stage

Posted on April 4, 2024

The Talk on Tau: Cognitive changes in HD  The onset of HD symptoms varies; even individuals with the same number…

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2024 Human Biology Project Launch, HD History, The Buzz on CAG’s

Posted on March 28, 2024

HDSA Launches 2024 HD Human Biology Project Letter of Intent  HDSA is proud to announce the 2024 Request for Proposals…

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This Week in HD Research, Survey Opportunities

Posted on March 21, 2024

This Week in HD Research: Discovery of the HD Gene and HD Gratitude Day  On March 26th, 1993, the discovery…

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Pridopidine update, HDBuzz on Brains, Interview Study

Posted on March 14, 2024

Update from Prilenia: Pursuing pridopidine for HD   Earlier this week, Prilenia issued a press release and community letter announcing…

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CHDI Updates: Experts and Advocates; Research Webinar

Posted on March 7, 2024

HDBuzz Updates from the 2024 HD Therapeutics Conference   Last week, from February 26th – March 1st, HD researchers from…

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