Surprise Finding Sheds Light on What Causes Huntington's Disease, a Devastating Fatal Brain Disorder Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating ...

Huntington's disease is a hereditary disorder caused by a genetic mutation in the HTT gene, leading to progressive brain cell damage, affecting movement, cognition, and behavior, with no current cure.

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease ... to cause Huntington’s. McCarroll agreed that 100 or fewer CAGs are not sufficient to trigger the disease ...

(McLean Hospital's Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center/NIH NeuroBioBank via AP) Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease ... to cause Huntington’s. McCarroll agreed that 100 or fewer CAGs are not sufficient to trigger the disease ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease ... the brain in a person with Huntington's disease. Credit: AP The findings “were really surprising, even to ...