huntington’s disease

Hope & hype on unpublished Huntington’s Disease trial splashy news

December 13, 2017 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

Some conditions like Huntington’s Disease are so bad and there are no treatments such that any bit of encouraging news can be cause for legitimate excitement, but at the same time things can go too far potentially, especially if there is news coverage not backed up by a published paper or some other definitive source …

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Huntington’s Disease, a major new finding

August 10, 2010 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

This is the first post in a series focusing on stem cell advances related to specific diseases. Today we discuss Huntington’s Disease and a paper that came out yesterday in the journal Neuron that provides some significant insight into the mechanisms behind the disease. It is entitled: Huntingtin Is Required for Mitotic Spindle Orientation and …

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