Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagnosed. It is known ... | Genetics And Genomics ...

But people who inherit the disease are born with more repeats of this sequence, usually 40 times or more. The new research examined brain tissue from people who died from Huntington's, provided by ...

A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in ...

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Symptoms of Huntington's disease appear late in life. Research reveals how DNA repeats grow toxic over time, explaining the delayed onset and disease variability.

The Huntington's mutation involves a stretch of DNA in the HTT gene in which a three-letter sequence of DNA, "CAG," is repeated at least 40 times, as opposed to the 15-35 repeats inherited by ...

In a pair of studies of Huntington’s disease published this week, researchers report that this process, called somatic repeat expansion, is a key driver in the onset of disease. The studies ...

Using CRISPR technology, scientists uncovered genes that control C-A-G genetic stumbles in Huntington's disease ...

McCarroll said that the findings “will apply in DNA-repeat disorders beyond Huntington’s disease,” having broader implications for understanding related disorders caused by the expansion of ...

The HTT gene, which produces a protein called huntingtin, is littered with a sort of genetic stutter — repeats of a sequence of three DNA letters: “C-A-G.” A hallmark of Huntington’s ...

The Huntington's mutation involves a stretch of DNA in the HTT gene in which a three-letter sequence of DNA, "CAG," is repeated at least 40 times, as opposed to the 15-35 repeats inherited by ...