Current Research Articles

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Current News articles from around the world posted at: http://www.Huntingtons.info

Medicine Research: Fresh light on Huntington's, a terrible hereditary disease

Everyone who inherits the Huntington’s Disease (HD) gene will eventually develop the disorder – a striking fact driving scientists to try even harder to find a possible cure. A new German study offers further clues about the genetic flaw causing this neurodegenerative disorder.

July 2004: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/headlines/news/article_04_07_19_en.html

Gene silencing [RNAi] prevents hereditary brain disease in mice

July 2004: http://huntingtondisease.tripod.com/researchpapers/id2.html

Effects of Huntingtons's disease mutation more complex than orgininally thought.

July 2004: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=3502

Research identifies breakdown in `remodeling' process

"Mayford, along with colleagues Edward Korzus and Michael Rosenfeld, gave mice a drug called trichostatin A. The drug helped the mice remember the original toy a day after first seeing it. The other research team used a similar drug, called SAHA. Dr. Kandel noted in his study that Huntington's disease has been linked to CBP. Scientists are testing whether the same drugs used in the two new studies could help mice with the rodent version of Huntington's disease."

July 2004: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/9115982.htm?1c

Recognition of Movement Disorders: extrapyramidal side effects and tardive dyskinesias - Would you recognize them if you see them?

May 2004: http://snipurl.com/8016

Long-term Use of Tetrabenazine [TBZ] Study

April 2004: http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/neurol/jankovic/pdfs/TBZ_Tolerability_BW.pdf