Life expectancy in the United States has risen slightly but not enough to compensate for significant setbacks during the ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with ... Discovery of Key ...

HD is a rare, adult-onset, autosomal dominant, progressive neurodegenerative disease. George Huntington (Figure 1 ... will suffer from HD later in life. Unfortunately, a cure for HD does not ...

And it has a limiting impact on life expectancy. In Northern Ireland there are around 350 people who are affected, or are at risk of developing, Huntington’s disease. The Northern Ireland ...