One devastating genetic disorder that exemplifies these difficult ethical and social concerns is Huntington's disease (HD). Symptoms of HD, which include uncontrolled movements, loss of mental ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetic brain disease. HD causes the gradual breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Huntington’s disease is a progressive disorder that gets worse over time. Most people ...

Huntington's disease is an inherited genetic condition that affects the brain cells. It has a wide-reaching impact on a person's health. Find out more here.

Thus, choosing to have genetic testing for HD is highly personal, and it is recommended that individuals considering HD testing have extensive pretest counseling.

Genetic models of Huntington disease In 1996 the first mouse model of Huntington disease was generated in which exon 1 of the HD gene was expressed under the control of human HD promoter sequences ...

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HD is a genetic disease which also occurs in several other species. Dogs are not born with HD, but genetically disposed puppies can develop varying degrees of HD.

Having the single nucleotide polymorphism rs11063112 in fibroblast growth factor 23 was associated with a 32% greater risk for cardiovascular mortality.

The team published its results of the Nov. 29 edition of PLoS Genetics. HD results when a mutation in the huntingtin (HTT) gene leads to the accumulation of a toxic protein, leading to neuronal ...

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Two pharmaceutical companies have halted clinical trials of gene-targeting therapies for Huntington’s disease (HD), following the drugs’ disappointing performance. Researchers had hoped that ...