Imagine the gene that causes Huntington’s disease (HD) as a vast river. At its source is the CAG repeat - a genetic letter code that dictates how the river will flow. As the river moves downstream, it ...

Votoplam belongs to a class of drugs known as splice modulators. The drug can be taken as a daily pill - a convenient and non-invasive method of delivery. The drug is a chemical that changes how the ...

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Ed is a neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK, and a Professor of Neurology at University College London where he is Associate Director of the Huntington’s ...

Michael is a consultant neurologist in the department of neurology at the University of Ulm in Germany, and scientific projects manager for the European Huntington’s disease network. Michael trained ...

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