Copyright (c) 2007 HDAC. All rights reserved.Recent HD News and updates from HDLighthouse.org http://www.hdac.org/news/ Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:51:33 -0600 ACR16 improves voluntary and involuntary movement. This is wonderful news! http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=662 Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:01:02 -0600 Siena Biotech announces a safety and tolerability study with healthy volunteers, preparatory to trials in HD patients. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=661 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:01:02 -0600 Here is an opportunity to tell the medical professionals about quality of life issues. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=659 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 Dr. Michael Hayden and Dr. Stuart Lipton show that normal synaptic activity is neuroprotective, that extrasynaptic activity is toxic, and that memantine will suppress the later while leaving the former unaffected. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=651 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 A trial of mesenchymal stem cell is planned for the end of 2010. http://www.hdac.org/features/article.php?p_articleNumber=657 Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 A trial of mesenchymal stem cell is planned for the end of 2010. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=657 Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 Overexpression of the RCAN1 gene may be a treatment for Huntington's Disease. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=630 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 The search for genetic modifiers is an important part of the effort to find treatments. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=652 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 Baseline findings indicate clear differences that fall on a continuum from the control group to gene carriers predicated to be farther from onset, carriers closer to onset, those in very early stages, and those somewhat later in progression. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=653 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 A new BDNF inducer enters the pipeline. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=654 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 Preclinical work supports the use of mesenchymal stem cells to treat neurodegenerative disorders. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=655 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:01:02 -0600 There is a very pressing need to frankly discuss one of the most debilitating symptoms in the neuropsychiatric sequelae of “softer” symptoms in Huntington’s Disease- sub-cortical “frontal” dementia. http://www.hdac.org/features/article.php?p_articleNumber=637 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:01:02 -0600 Medications are one of the most difficult issues facing Huntington’s Disease (HD) caregivers and patients http://www.hdac.org/features/article.php?p_articleNumber=649 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:01:02 -0500 Researchers have identified the mechanism by which axonal transport is impaired in neurons in HD. http://www.hdlighthouse.org/showUpdate.php?p_articleNumber=650 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:01:02 -0500 Learning how to use your words can take a lifetime to learn. It is an art that takes a lot of practice, and it all begins with the realization that the people around us are NOT mind readers. http://www.hdac.org/features/article.php?p_articleNumber=648 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:01:02 -0500