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 ...

Wear Red Heart and Health Awareness Expo is Friday, Feb. 7, at the Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel from 8 a.m. to noon.

February is American Heart Month. This is a time to raise awareness about heart disease – the leading cause of death in the ...

Ashley Miller with the American Heart Association (AHA) and Evenson Ross, whose mother survived a heart attack, visited the WECT studio to discuss National Wear Red Day to spread awareness.

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 ...

Aberrant splicing in Huntington’s disease accompanies disrupted TDP-43 activity and altered m6A RNA modification. Nature Neuroscience , 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01850-w Cite This Page : ...

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 ...

Huntington’s disease is horrible. It is also odd. Illnesses caused by inherited aberrant genes are mostly what geneticists call “recessive”, meaning someone must receive defective versions ...

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 ...

She died on Nov. 11 at the age of 45. The family said Chasity died from Huntington’s Disease, a genetic and hereditary disease, and through social media posts, is encouraging testing.

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 ...