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The past 4 weeks have been a whirlwind in the Huntington’s disease (HD) community. On September 25th we had an update from uniQure about a drug they’re testing for HD in ongoing clinical trials. The news was positive and it took the world by storm, producing jaw dropping headlines...Read more

Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by repeating C-A-G letters of genetic code that are too long. Everyone who develops HD is born with 36 or more CAG repeats, but not everyone with 36 or more CAG repeats is actually diagnosed with HD. That’s because either they are not old enough...Read more

Welcome back for the final day of the Huntington’s Disease (HD) Clinical Research Congress in Nashville, Tennessee! Translational issues in HD The first session will focussed on translational issues in HD – how we get research to people...Read more

We’re back for Day 2 of Huntington’s Disease (HD) Clinical Research Congress in Nashville, Tennessee! Daniel Claassen from HSG and Cristina Sampaio from CHDI kick off the meeting with an overview of what we’ll hear about in HD clinical research and discovery.  They are highlighting the search...Read more

This month, HDBuzz is attending the first Huntington’s Disease (HD) Clinical Research Congress in Nashville, Tennessee. Gathered at this meeting are hundreds of scientists, doctors, and industry representatives who have come together to talk about HD clinical research and care. This conference has been organized by the Huntington Study Group...Read more

A team of scientists have discovered small molecules that block the DNA repair protein MSH3, thought to be a key driver of repeat expansion in Huntington’s disease (HD). Although still at an early stage, this work opens the door to a new kind of therapeutic strategy: slowing down HD before...Read more

A new study has shed light on the role of the regular huntingtin protein in the brain. For years, researchers have known that the faulty expanded huntingtin protein drives Huntington’s disease (HD), but this new study shows why the regular version matters for brain health. By lowering regular huntingtin (HTT)...Read more

Think about the last time you were stressed. What did you do to feel better? For many of us, it’s talking through our frustrations. Getting rid of things that stress out our cells also requires good communication. The central communicators? Chaperone proteins. Chaperone proteins are just like the chaperones at a...Read more

This month brought landmark therapeutic news, advances in biomarkers, deeper insights into what drives Huntington’s disease (HD), and fresh perspectives on mental health in HD. In particular among the developments, we learned from uniQure that the AMT-130 gene therapy appears to be slowing disease progression in their trial....Read more

UniQure has announced positive top-line results from its Phase I/II trial of AMT-130, a one-time gene therapy being tested in people with Huntington’s disease (HD). Topline data is a summary of the key results from a study that is released quickly after data becomes available to the company...Read more

Every cell in our body is constantly fixing DNA damage that happens throughout our lifetime. Like a city sending out crews to mend roads and power lines, our cells rely on specialized proteins to keep our genetic code in a state of good repair.  The huntingtin (HTT) protein has...Read more

On September 17, 2025, we received an encouraging update from Skyhawk Therapeutics’ Phase 1 study, taking place in Australia. The recent update suggests that SKY-0515 can lower the huntingtin protein as well as PMS1, another protein which is thought might also drive Huntington’s disease (HD). Importantly, the drug...Read more

People living with Huntington’s disease (HD) experience changes in their thinking, memory, and behaviours. This is anarea of HD that is widely studied and fairly well understood. However, sometimes people with HD don’t realize these changes are happening. This is actually a symptom known as anosognosia. This symptom isn’t the same as being in denial, where a person avoids reality while still being aware of...Read more

Pridopidine has been under investigation as a treatment for Huntington’s disease (HD) since the early 2000s. The most recent Phase 3 trial testing to see if pridopidine might improve signs and symptoms of HD, a study called PROOF-HD, did not meet its key goals. Furthermore, this summer...Read more

A group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, has recently carried out an investigation to explore whether using a type of talking therapy, called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), can help improve the mental wellbeing of people affected by Huntington’s disease (HD). The study, published in...Read more