All Posts: Huntington's disease
5 Articles
- GUMC Stories
Clinical Research Staff Rise to the Challenges Posed by Pandemic
(July 31, 2020) — Running clinical research can be complicated under normal circumstances but it’s especially arduous during a pandemic. Despite the difficulties, the…
July 31, 2020
- News Release
Why Adults at Risk for Huntington’s Disease Choose Not to Learn if They Inherited Deadly Gene
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (May 16, 2019) — As many as 90 percent of individuals who have a parent with Huntington’s disease (HD) choose not to…
May 16, 2019
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Georgetown Physician Leads International Experts in Developing Treatment Guidelines for Huntington’s Disease Symptoms
(February 1, 2019) — A group of international experts in Huntington’s disease, led by Georgetown University Medical Center’s Karen Anderson, MD, has developed…
February 4, 2019
- GUMC Stories
Doctors Speak Out Panelists on the Progress and Promise of Huntington’s Disease Research
A recent Doctors Speak Out event highlighted the progress scientists have made toward understanding Huntington’s disease, the promise of recent research developments, and…
October 1, 2018
- News Release
Cures Within Reach Funds Huntington’s Disease Clinical Trial with Nilotinib at Georgetown
Georgetown University Medical Center announces a clinical trial testing the safety of the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in Huntington’s disease. This is the fourth…
September 27, 2018