Pivotal results from uniQure’s gene therapy for Huntington’s disease have brought new light to patients who have known only ...

A woman whose mother, aunt and grandmother died from Huntington's disease has described a breakthrough in treating the ...

"I am absolutely thrilled and excited that we now have a potential treatment for this truly devastating disorder and what the data means is that for a person who has Huntington's disease, they will be ...

Scientists have slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease for the first time with a “groundbreaking” new treatment. Experts from University College London (UCL) said the finding could “change ...

An experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives.

UCL and uniQure report the first treatment to slow Huntington’s disease with gene therapy AMT-130. High-dose patients had 75% less progression over three years compared with standard care. uniQure ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An exceptionally rare and fatal genetic disease may finally have a solution. Huntington’s Disease affects one in ten to twenty thousand Americans. The disease is a mixture of dementia ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — For the first time, scientists have successfully treated someone suffering from Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic illness with no cure. The Mayo Clinic reports that the ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a condition that is hereditary and causes nerve cells in specific parts of the brain to slowly deteriorate and die. The disorder affects regions responsible for controlled ...

ST. LOUIS — Scientists may have reached a breakthrough in the fight against Huntington’s disease, a rare and fatal inherited brain disorder with no cure. For the first time, a gene therapy has been ...

Sex influences how genetic and age-related factors translate into clinical and neuroimaging trajectories in Huntington disease.

Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed. A one-time gene therapy can markedly slow the progression of Huntington’s ...