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 ...

People affected by Huntington’s disease could at last benefit from the first treatment to slow the fatal neurodegenerative condition. Scientists from University College London (UCL) found patients ...

Huntington’s disease, also known as Huntington’s chorea and formerly called “St. Vitus’ dance,” is a rare, hereditary disorder of the central nervous system. It is characterized by jerky movements and ...

In a small trial, a gene therapy injected into the brain slowed the disease by 75 percent over three years. Huntington’s disease is extremely cruel. Symptoms start with random, uncontrollable twitches ...

This image shows three brain cells with the faulty protein that causes Huntington’s disease. The bright yellow cell in the middle has built up a clump of this protein inside it. The blue spots in the ...

Huntington’s disease is a fatal, hereditary neurological disorder mostly striking people between the ages of 30 and 50. In 1872, a young physician, Dr. George Huntington, first described the disease ...

Scientists may have discovered the first therapy for Huntington’s disease, a brain disorder that until now has had no effective treatments. Researchers at the University of College London (UCL) ...

Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) was a well-known singer/songwriter with undiagnosed Huntington's disease (HD), born to a family burdened by undiagnosed HD. Guthrie’s mother, Nora, had the disease and was ...