Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s ... disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of ...
The researchers studied brain tissue donated by 53 people with Huntington’s and 50 without the disease, collected and preserved by the HBTRC. They analyzed more than 500,000 single cells and ...
This type of "somatic expansion" occurs in only the specific types of brain cells that later die in Huntington's disease. Only once a cell's DNA expansion reaches a threshold number of CAGs ...
Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s ... disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of ...
This type of "somatic expansion" occurs in only the specific types of brain cells that later die in Huntington's disease. Only once a cell's DNA expansion reaches a threshold number of CAGs ...
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Brain changes in Huntington's disease decades before diagnosis may guide future prevention trialsThis ongoing expansion accelerates neurodegeneration, making brain cells more vulnerable over time. For the new study, the researchers studied 57 people with the Huntington's disease gene ...
BOSTON — Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington's disease ... causing nerve cells in parts of the brain to break down and die. The genetic mutation linked to ...
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