CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ For decades it's been one of the defining mysteries of Huntington's disease. Why does the terrible devastation of mind and body start earlier in some people who ...

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 ...

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 ...