Symptoms of Huntington's disease appear late in life. Research reveals how DNA repeats grow toxic over time, explaining the ...

In my Jan. 6 piece concluding my four-part series on stem cell therapy, I said that in 2003, I wrote a book titled, “The ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, with cigarette smoking as its primary driver.

A recent study published in Cell reveals that the repeated DNA sequence that leads to Huntington’s disease (HD) expands ...

New research shows persistent DNA lesions in stem cells contribute to mutations, with links to blood cancers and external ...

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

Approximately 23 years before a clinical diagnosis, CSF analysis showed very early signs of neurodegeneration with elevated ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

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