Tag: Huntington’s disease

Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington’s disease

Posted on March 15, 2012

GABA neurons are the brain cells whose degradation causes Huntington's disease, a condition characterized by severely degraded motor function, among other things.

Huntington’s cure in flies lays groundwork for new treatment approaches

Posted on July 11, 2005

Boosting levels of two critical proteins that normally shut down during Huntington's disease, researchers at UW-Madison and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cured fruit flies of the genetic, neurodegenerative condition.