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.

The Editors of HDBuzz cover the CHDI Therapeutics Conference

Posted on March 10, 2022

For the first time in two years, scientists, clinicians, and industry partners convened in Palm Springs, CA for CHDI foundation’s 17th Annual HD Therapeutics Conference….

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HDBuzz Covers the CHDI Conference

Posted on March 3, 2022

CHDI is a privately funded HD research foundation whose mission is to further development of HD therapies. This week, they’re hosting…

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Raise Awareness of Rare Disease Day with HDSA February 28th

Posted on February 24, 2022

When you have a rare disease, you face two battles – one being the illness itself, and the other, living…

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Quick Question: Genetic Testing and Rare Disease

Posted on February 17, 2022

Check out HDSA’s new short video series, “Quick Question,” in which HDSA’s Jennifer Simpson, LCSW (Assistant Director of Youth &…

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A new mouse model for HD: The scoop from HDBuzz

Posted on February 10, 2022

Researchers at UCLA have developed a new mouse model for HD that more closely resembles human HD than ever before….

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Splicing Modulators for HD: HDBuzz Covers PTC Therapeutics’ HTT-lowering approach

Posted on February 3, 2022

Huntingtin lowering (HTT-lowering) has been touted as a promising avenue for treatment of HD because it targets the cause of…

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Update from Novartis on Planned Trial of Branaplam for Huntington’s Disease

Posted on January 27, 2022

Novartis is developing an experimental HD therapy called branaplam which has the potential to lower huntingtin when taken by mouth. Branaplam…

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Roche to continue development of tominersen: Community Presentation TODAY

Posted on January 20, 2022

In a community letter released January 18th, Roche announced plans to continue developing the huntingtin-lowering drug tominersen. After analyzing data collected in the Phase III GENERATION HD-1 trial that halted dosing in…

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Research Webinar: Roche Joins HDSA to Discuss Latest Data from GENERATION HD-1

Posted on January 13, 2022

One week from today, HDSA will be joined by members of the Roche team at 3:00 PM EST on January 20th for…

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Upcoming Webinar: New Key Findings from the GENERATION HD-1 Study

Posted on January 6, 2022

Join HDSA at 3:00 PM EST on January 20th for an update from Roche on new findings from the data collected in the GENERATION HD-1 study. This…

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Happy Holidays from HDSA

Posted on December 23, 2021

Through all the challenges 2021 had in store, the resilience of the HD community has continued to inspire HDSA in our…

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uniQure opens new study sites and changes inclusion criteria for AMT-130 trial

Posted on December 16, 2021

In a press release published this morning, uniQure announced that AMT-130, an investigational gene therapy for treatment of Huntington’s disease,…

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A new Biomarker for HD: HDBuzz on radiolabels for mHTT

Posted on December 9, 2021

A research team led by Dr. Celia Dominguez at CHDI has identified a new method to track the presence of…

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Mark Your Calendars: “Ask the Scientists … Anything” HDSA Research Webinar

Posted on December 2, 2021

As November chill slowly turns to December cold, mark your calendars for HDSA’s final research webinar of the year on Tuesday, December 7th. Three editors…

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Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Berman-Topper and Donald A. King Research Fellowships

Posted on November 18, 2021

Earlier this week on November 16, HDSA launched applications for the 2022 cycles of its prestigious Berman-Topper Family HD Career…

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Webinar TODAY! Take Action and Support the HD Parity Act

Posted on November 11, 2021

We talk a lot about what we’re hopeful for tomorrow here in the research world, and it’s equally important to…

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Research Wrap-Up: HDBuzz Covers EHDN’s Annual Research Conference

Posted on November 4, 2021

In September, the European Huntington’s Disease Network brought together scientists and stakeholders from around the world for updates from experts in…

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HDSA Research Webinar 11/3/21: Register TODAY!

Posted on October 28, 2021

Dr. Jane Paulsen will join HDSA next week to discuss a new observational trial, PREVENT-HD, Preparing for the Prevention of Huntington’s…

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Prilenia Therapeutics and HSG announce completion of participant enrollment in PROOF-HD

Posted on October 21, 2021

In a recent press release, Prilenia Therapeutics and the Huntington’s Study Group (HSG) announced the completion of participant enrollment in PROOF-HD,…

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HDSA Awards Five Huntington’s Disease Human Biology Project Research Grants

Posted on October 14, 2021

After thoughtful deliberation by its Scientific Advisory Board, HDSA will award five the Huntington’s Disease Human Biology Project research grants to Joan O’Keefe,…

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