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Promising new drug targets identified for Huntington's disease  -  25 Mar 2008
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Huntington's disease is marked by build up of malformed proteins in brain cells, mainly in the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex.

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Silicon Fen Business Report,Research at the University of Cambridge funded by the Wellcome Trust has provided a number of promising new drug targets for Huntington's disease,

BUYINS.NET: ILNS, SOEN, DMXC, AQPTY, SEARF Have Also Been Removed ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Huntington's disease, diabetes, stroke, myelodysplastic syndromes, motor neuron disease (ALS and Lou Gehrig's disease), and radiation injury.

Medivation Announces Senior Management Promotions  -  25 Mar 2008
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...in clinical development to treat three large, unmet medical needs -- Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Targeted Genetics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 ...  -  25 Mar 2008
CNNMoney.comTargeted Genetics' product development efforts target inflammatory arthritis, AIDS prophylaxis, congestive heart failure and Huntington's disease.

Renee leaves NZ with hope  -  25 Mar 2008
Wairarapa Times Age,It is five weeks since the disappearance of her father, a former Carterton district councillor and Huntington's disease sufferer who has been the focus of

Promising New Drug Targets Identified For Huntington's Disease  -  Mar 23, 2008
Science Daily (press release)23, 2008) — New research has provided a number of promising new drug targets for Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disease.

Impaired ubiquitin–proteasome system activity in the synapses of ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Journal of Cell Biology (subscription)Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the N-terminal region of huntingtin (htt) and is characterized by selective

Suven receives two product patents associated with Neurodegenerative  -  Mar 24, 2008
Economic Times,...drug candidated currently in pre-clinical stage of development targeting conditions such as ADHD, dementia, depression, Huntington's disease.

Avicena's HD-02 to Proceed to NIH Sponsored Phase III Huntington's ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Earthtimes,In previous studies, HD-02 has shown potential neuroprotective properties in Huntington's disease patients. Results from a Phase II clinical trial of HD-02,

Gene therapy success raises hope of Huntington's treatment  -  Mar 13, 2008
Guardian,The illness is in the same family as Huntington's disease, raising hopes that a similar approach could also be effective in that case.

Organizer announces fund-raising walk for Huntington's Disease  -  Mar 11, 2008
Bradenton Herald,By Vin Mannix An organizer today announced the second annual fund-raising walk for research into Huntington's Disease, a nervous disorder that can lead to

Students receive lecture on disease, treatment  -  Mar 12, 2008
Times Daily (subscription),Huntington's disease, a fatal inherited form of dementia, strikes people in their 30s and 40s, but new genetic research may give patients hope to avoid its

Huntington's Disease  -  Feb 28, 2008
American SpectatorBy Christopher Orlet Counter-intuitive ideas make great headlines, especially ones like "The Coming Religious Peace." Alan Wolfe's essay that appeared in

Genetic-testing consumers have tools but little guidance  -  Mar 21, 2008
Los Angeles Times,...as a result, had a greatly increased likelihood of developing devastating diseases such as sickle-cell anemia or Huntington's disease.

Medivation's Dimebon(TM) Stabilizes Behavioral Symptoms in ...  -  Mar 15, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),The Company is also evaluating Dimebon in an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial in mild-to-moderate Huntington's disease. Dimebon is an orally-available small

Schools sought out as scientific research benefactors  -  Mar 10, 2008
Baltimore Sun,Students gave the $360000 in one lump to a research organization started by a local family whose son has Huntington's disease and whose daughter will

The temptation to test  -  Feb 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Perhaps the most notable example of this is Huntington's disease, an untreatable and debilitating neurological condition that causes uncontrollable body

Drug May Cut Involuntary Movements  -  Feb 27, 2008
Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists,The medication tetrabenazine cut down involuntary movement in patients with Huntington's disease on average by about 25 percent, with many patients

Shoals foundation helps genetic research  -  Mar 11, 2008
WAFF,Her research deals primarily with Huntington's disease, a disease very personal for a local Shoals family. Lori C. Sasser died last year of Huntington's

Targeted Genetics Announces Completion of Dosing for the Phase 1/2 ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
CNNMoney.comTargeted Genetics' product development efforts target inflammatory arthritis, AIDS prophylaxis, congestive heart failure and Huntington's disease.

Family fears grow for missing Masterton man  -  Feb 26, 2008
New Zealand Herald,The 54-year-old huntington's disease sufferer disappeared on February 16 and despite a number of unconfirmed sightings in the Masterton area, searchers have

Damage to D1 Neurons too Could Lead to Huntington’s Disease  -  Mar 20, 2008
MedIndia,While a mouse model that carries the human Huntington's disease gene already exists, Drago’s mouse model is the first in the world to accurately mimic the

Obama and Clinton are not that much different  -  Mar 3, 2008
The News Journal,He was a Huntington's disease victim. He was denied a bed in both state and private mental health care facilities because he was a registered sex offender.

Increased Level Of Magnetic Iron Oxides Found In Alzheimer's Disease  -  Mar 12, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...many other neurodegenerative conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease (HD), multiple sclerosis and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

UCI to study electronic treatment for pain, depression  -  Mar 6, 2008
OCRegister,Since then, he has used his technology to help patients with many ailments, including attention deficit disorder, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease,

Alnylam Grants Shanghai GenePharma  -  Mar 20, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of a wide range of disease areas, including hypercholesterolemia, liver cancers, and Huntington's disease.

National bio-bank could unlock secrets to health  -  Mar 16, 2008
Detroit Free Press,Small DNA studies prove that a single gene, when mutated, can trigger rare inherited disorders such as Huntington's disease, Greely said.

Pipex Pharmaceuticals Announces Cost Reduction Measures  -  Mar 11, 2008
CNNMoney.comTTM for the treatment of other disease indications, such as, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease, for example.

What: Lippert/Heilshorn Life Sciences Virtual Conference  -  Mar 18, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),Amarin's CNS development pipeline includes programs in myasthenia gravis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and memory.

ALSO NOTED: New nanovalves for drug delivery; New stem cell ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
FierceBioResearcher,...scientists used a modified version of the HIV virus to deliver a gene therapy to the brains of mice with symptoms similar to Huntington's disease.

Relatives mourn as tale of romance, illness ends  -  Mar 6, 2008
Gary Post Tribune,Post-Tribune staff writer Linda Laughlin died from pneumonia in her Cedar Lake home Tuesday morning, after a long struggle with Huntington's disease.

What: Lippert/Heilshorn Life Sciences Virtual Conference  -  Mar 17, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),It has a late-stage drug development pipeline, which includes Miraxion, a lead development compound in Phase III development for Huntington's disease;

Office Fascists, Internet Dating Tips And Boys' Brains  -  Mar 16, 2008
Huffington Post,Less common forms of dementia are: Pick's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, or Lewy Body Disease.

Losses, gains fuel neurodegenerative disease  -  Mar 12, 2008
BCM News,The finding in SCA1 also has implications for other polyglutamine diseases such as Huntington's disease and other ataxias and may play a part in more common

Legit Reviews Folding Team 38296 Breaks 17 Million Points  -  Mar 15, 2008
Legit Reviews...applying their simulations to further study of protein folding and related diseases, including Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, and certain

Medivation: Dimebon ever closer to Alzheimer's market  -  Mar 14, 2008
Pharmaceutical Business Review...new clinical target for tackling neurodegeneration: the effectiveness of Dimebon is also being investigated in Phase II trials for Huntington's disease.

Neglected diseases are not so  -  Mar 13, 2008
Diario de América,This kind of diseases, such as spinocerebellar ataxia or Huntington's disease, are not fatal, but the symptoms and complications they cause result in a very

Folk icon Joan Baez coming to Z  -  Mar 22, 2008
SouthCoastToday.com,...including Bosnia, Iraq, Sarajevo. Last year, she was honored at the Huntington's Disease Society of America's 40th Anniversary "Guthrie Awards."

Autophagy Revisited  -  Mar 17, 2008
Scientist,...autophagy in neurons may alleviate Huntington's disease in animal models by clearing out toxic protein aggregates that accumulate in diseased cells.

Neurosearch FY net loss widens on rising development costs  -  Mar 4, 2008
Forbes,It said it expects to incur costs for phase III clinical studies of the drug candidate ACR16 for Huntington's disease in both Europe and the US,

Improved genetic alteration technique may better disease study  -  Mar 8, 2008
DailyIndia.com,...stem cell technique that may make it easier to study and treat thousands of disorders, including Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, and diabetes.

Senior Citizens’ Greatest Fear – Alzheimer’s – More Likely if Both ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
SeniorJournal.com,Diseases such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, and Huntington's disease are single-gene disorders. If a person inherits the gene that causes one of

Editor's Note  -  Mar 8, 2008
Washington Post,Through the exhausting trials of Huntington's disease, a Northern Virginia couple finds meaning in their marriage. Comments that include profanity or

A DISEASE in the cross hairs  -  Feb 24, 2008
The News Journal,Other potential diseases with which Kmiec's therapy may prove fruitful include sickle cell anemia, Huntington's disease, and a handful of liver diseases.

Director of Human Genome Project to discuss God versus science  -  Mar 17, 2008
Baylor University The Lariat Online,Collins also helped discover the misspellings in DNA that cause cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease. "Collins has become one of the most important

Where are you Trevor?  -  Feb 25, 2008
Wairarapa Times Age,By Nathan Crombie and Jo Moir Family of missing Masterton man and Huntington's disease sufferer Trevor Searancke today hold grave fears for his well-being

Report on 547 New Medicines in Development for Neurological ...  -  Mar 5, 2008
Earthtimes,Other medicines in development target brain injuries, Huntington's disease, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and restless legs syndrome.

Trevor's friends want him to finish his painting  -  Mar 4, 2008
Wairarapa Times Age,Mr Searancke is "a very good expressionist artist and concentrates on that because his Huntington's disease prevents him from doing fine art.

PsychoGenics and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Sign Drug Discovery ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...depression, Huntington's Disease, psychosis/schizophrenia, and SMA. The Company's in-house discovery efforts have focused on psychiatric indications.

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