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Study finds new gene in progression of Huntington's disease
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A novel gene has been linked by researchers in Berlin and Dusseldorf to the development of Huntington's disease in a brain organoid model. Earlier than previously believed, the gene may play a role in brain disorders.
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Study sheds more light on early interventions for Huntington's disease
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Huntington's disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative ailment caused by a single gene, with motor and cognitive abnormalities as well as behavioural symptoms. There are no medicines that can stop or reverse the condition at the moment, but new research from Boston Children's Hospital
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Researchers discover how DNA repair can go wrong and lead to disease
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"DNA breaks and repair events occur thousands of times per day in each of us," said Freudenreich. "Most of the time, repair works the way it should. But we now have a better understanding of how things can go wrong, and we can apply this knowledge to new therapeutic strategies."
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Study finds how some brain cells transfer material to neurons
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
UC Davis researchers are the first to describe how oligodendrocyte-lineage cells transfer cell material to neurons in the mouse brain. Their findings show that these cells and neurons interact in a coordinated nuclear manner.
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Study reveals how Huntington's disease affects different neurons
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Neurons in the striatum, a part of the brain affected by Huntington's disease, are among the most severely affected. The degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients' loss of motor control, which is one of the disease's major symptoms.
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