Will Forte advocates for people with Huntington’s disease.

The drugmaker has recruited Will Forte, who appeared on “SNL” for nearly a decade in the aughts, perhaps most memorably as ...

Experimental gene therapies like AMT‑130 lower toxic huntingtin protein and significantly slow Huntington’s disease, offering ...

Huntington's disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a ...

Actor and comedian, Will Forte, opens up about his brother-in-law's journey with Huntington’s disease (HD) and chorea through Teva’s Honestly HD ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MRI of a brain with Huntington's Disease. (Zephyr/Science Source) Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Huntington’s disease causes unintentional movements, as well as ...

New treatments and clinical trials are offering renewed optimism to families affected by the degenerative neurological condition.

Gene therapy is becoming a powerful way to treat challenging diseases that don’t respond to traditional treatments, and researchers now report the first success in modifying genes to slow Huntington’s ...

Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel small molecule therapies to modulate critical RNA targets, ...

UCL and uniQure report the first treatment to slow Huntington’s disease with gene therapy AMT-130. High-dose patients had 75% less progression over three years compared with standard care. uniQure ...

Huntington's disease diagnosis is confirmed with a genetic test. A clinical history and medical evaluation are used to define symptom onset. Disease staging and surveillance for complications are ...