Huntington’s disease

by Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, The Conversation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Main effect of group for the association between FC and sustained attention performance: (A) represents the ROIs and the significant connections, (B) represents the strength of the correlation. HDGE is displayed in orange and […]

by Jane Kelly, University of Virginia edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes Credit: John DiJulio, University Communications 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 in detail. Since then, a cure has

Surgical procedure to treat devastating illness slowed the progress of the disease by 75% in patients after three years Hannah Devlin, Science correspondent Wed 24 Sep 2025 10.10 EDT Professors Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi led the UK part of the trial Huntington’s disease, a devastating degenerative illness that runs in families, has been treated