Usually, most of us can zip a zipper without incident. But sometimes, an unwary dresser makes an alignment error that goes undetected until the ends of a garment don ...

Huntington's disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a progressive, hereditary brain disease that affects movement, cognition and emotions.

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over time but doesn't start causing harm until it hits a toxic threshold that ...

Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a progressive, hereditary brain disease that affects movement, cognition and emotions.

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration ...