This researcher descended from a family with #Huntingtons . She studied it, she worked with affected families who contributed to the gene hunt. A very compelling arc. #GiftArticle www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/s...

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want...
The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know

Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself?

The New York Times

This researcher descended from a family with #Huntingtons . She studied it, she worked with affected families who contributed to the gene hunt.

A very compelling arc.

#GiftArticle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/science/researcher-huntingtons-disease-wexler.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA._rcS.c_PjqE8jkPx1&smid=url-share

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know

Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself?

The New York Times

The Riptides, Huntingtons and Passenger Princess at The Dom

The Dominion Tavern, Saturday, April 25 at 08:00 PM EDT

THE RIPTIDES
https://www.facebook.com/TheRiptides
(Ottawa Punk Rock)

HUNTINGTONS
https://huntingtonsusa.bandcamp.com/music
(Baltimore Punk Rock)

PASSENGER PRINCESS
https://www.facebook.com/passengerprincessofficial
(Ottawa Alt Punk)

SATURDAY APRIL 25
33 York st
19+, 8pm
$20 tickets at https://riptides.eventbrite.ca
Physical tickets at Vertigo Records or The ODDs & SODs Shoppe, Dominion Tavern

https://ottawa.askapunk.net/event/the-riptides-huntingtons-and-passenger-princess-at-the-dom

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HafizHusnain/115328490796649616

This review connects molecular biology and clinical neuroscience, showing how #miRNAs could transform how we diagnose and treat neurodegenerative diseases.

Click Here to Access Full Article: https://rdcu.be/eJJJ3

#Neuroscience #Neurodegeneration #Biomarkers #miRNA #MolecularBiology #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #ALS #Huntingtons #biosensors #NGS #Diagnostics #Therapeutics #AcademicMastodon #OpenScience #springernature

Huntington’s disease: Neurological illness treated in ‘one shot,’ researcher says

A new kind of gene therapy could significantly slow the progression of Huntington's disease with a single operation, according to one of the researchers behind the discovery.

CTVNews

Huntington's disease treated for first time

"""
It means the decline you would normally expect in one year would take four years after treatment, [..].

The first symptoms of Huntington's disease tend to appear in your 30s or 40s and is normally fatal within two decades.
"""

Wow, one might then very well merely die "with" it, instead of "from" it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro

via @kottke

#medicine #healthcare #HuntingtonsDisease #Huntingtons #kottke

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro

Holy shit, this is incredible news.

#News #Medicine #Huntingtons

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.