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In this section you will find brain related research Updates and other content related to HD.

   
 
21 Jul 2008
Class of antibiotics enhances RNAi
Antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones can make RNA interference more effective.
 
19 Jul 2008
Altered histone monoubiquitylation and transcriptional dysregulation
MIND researchers discover new insights into transcriptional dysregulation in HD.
 
19 Jul 2008
The FDA approves a Phase IIB clinical trial for ACR16
Neurosearch will begin recruiting for the trial later this year.
 
18 Jul 2008
Participants needed for qualitative studies of JHD
The University of Iowa is recruiting participants for two important new studies.
 
7 Jul 2008
Encouraging results from the Phase II Dimebon trial
Dimebon was found to be safe and well tolerated and there are indications of effectiveness.
 
14 Jun 2008
The HD protein is toxic in the cytoplasm
An intracellular antibody which targets the HD protein in the cytoplasm of the cell ameliorates motor symptoms in the HD mice.
 
9 Jun 2008
The Research Pipeline - taking drugs from the lab to the clinic
Here's an overview of some of the more promising potential treatments moving through the research pipeline.
 
31 May 2008
An improved viral vector for gene therapy
By changing one amino acid, University of Florida researchers have increased the efficiency of an AAV vector for gene therapy.
 
19 May 2008
New transgenic rhesus monkey model of HD developed
Emory University researchers have developed a new primate model of HD to study the disease and potential treatments.
 
16 Apr 2008
New Insights About Huntingtin Interacting Protein 1
Indiana researchers hope that examining the structure of huntingtin interacting proteins will uncover new information about HD.
 

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27-Feb-02 Neurogenesis
12-Oct-01 Exchangers In The Brain
10-Oct-01 Brain Blood Flow Increased
08-Oct-01 Nobel Medicine Prize
02-Oct-01 Top Guns to Meet
22-Aug-01 Memory Loss?
15-May-2001 Our Aging Brain
17Mar2001 Brain Recovery
09/01/98 Nitric Oxide
03/04/99 Blood-Brain
06/19/99 Bleached brains
01/14/98 Growing Brain Cells
11/09/99 Calcium in Cells
05/14/98 CJD-HD
11/05/98 Cell Implants
11/09/99 Glutamate
10/17/00 Disgust
10/28/98 DR.Gage
07/19/00 Glia
06/22/00 Healing Brains
05/28/00 Brain Repair
12/28/98 Brain Map
11/26/98 Paradigm Shift
10/14/99 New Neurons
02/01/00 Old Dogma
11/07/98 Old Dogs
09/02/00 Who is Normal?
09/02/99 Blood Flow
12/29/98 Hammersmith Scan
07/07/98 Brain Deposits
11/16/98 Exercise







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