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HD Buzz

HDBuzz is a collaboration of scientists who write Huntington’s disease research news in plain language for the global HD community. They have allowed us to retrieve their articles for the NSW ACT Huntington’s community.

Westmead HD Outreach Service

The Outreach Service is part of a multidisciplinary team of medical, nursing and allied health services which provides review, intervention, treatment, case management, counselling, support, education and management of problems and issues associated with Huntington’s for patients, their families and carers. In addition to this care, the service has been involved in local and major international research studies since its establishment at Westmead Hospital in 1995. Hundreds of volunteers have generously participated in research to better understand the disease and in the search for effective treatments.

Westmead Hospital is a HSG Credential Research Site. Professor Clement Loy is the Principal Investigator for this site.

Global research collaboration

The Huntington Study Group (HSG) is the world’s first HD cooperative therapeutic research organization. Today, HSG is a world leader in facilitating high quality clinical research trials and studies that bring us closer to finding more effective treatments for HD and reducing the burden of HD for families affected by the disease.

HSG is an organization of compassionate professionals dedicated to finding treatments that make a difference, providing rigorous care initiatives, and improving the quality of life and outcomes for HD families. They bring together families, medical professionals, clinical researchers, HD advocacy groups, and sponsors to raise awareness of HD, share knowledge and best practices, and develop innovative treatments.

Enroll-HD

Enroll-HD is a clinical research platform and the world’s largest observational study for Huntington’s disease families. It is a resource for the entire HD community, including families, clinicians, researchers, advocates, and anyone else who has a connection to or an interest in HD.

Huntington’s Disease Network of Australia

The Huntington’s Disease Network of Australia (HDNA) is a project conceived by Professor Julie Stout of Monash University. Formed in 2020 to coordinate efforts that enhance care and services for HD and prepare for the advent of new HD treatments. The Map-HD Registry is for people in Australia who are affected by HD. All family members or people affected by HD are encouraged to register, whether or not they are at risk themselves.
 
 

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Illuminating findings in blood cells from Huntington's disease patients

Published date: 6 November, 2012

With gene silencing therapies heading towards the clinic, a new question has arisen – how will we know if they work? How can we tell if the amount of huntingtin protein is lowered in people? New work from London and Basel demonstrates that the huntingtin protein is detectable in blood samples, and that its levels ... Read more

Giving Huntington's disease the finger? Two teams report success for zinc-finger drugs in cells and mice

Published date: 1 November, 2012

Designing drugs that tell our cells to make less of the harmful mutant huntingtin protein is one of the most promising approaches to treating Huntington’s disease. Most huntingtin-lowering attempts so far have tried to ‘shoot the messenger’ rather than attacking the source of the message – the DNA itself. Now, two independent reports of success ... Read more

HDBuzz Prize winner 2012: Deep brain stimulation for HD

Published date: 29 October, 2012

Deep brain stimulation – a procedure in which miniature electrodes that release pulses of electricity are implanted into the brain – sounds like something out of a scary science fiction movie. However, this sci-fi-like treatment may prove useful for reducing symptoms of uncontrollable movement known as chorea in patients with HD. This article by Melissa ... Read more

Interview: Alice and Nancy Wexler

Published date: 20 October, 2012

The Hereditary Disease Foundation, or HDF, is a key player in the world of Huntington’s disease research. At the HDF’s recent biennial scientific meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts – ‘The Milton Wexler Celebration of Life and Creativity’ – HDBuzz met Nancy and Alice Wexler, the remarkable sisters at the heart of the HDF’s work. The Wexlers ... Read more

Video: What’s new in Huntington's disease research 2012

Published date: 10 October, 2012

Watch the video of Ed Wild’s address to the European Huntington’s Association annual meeting in September 2012, summarizing how therapies research works and explaining the most exciting ways researchers are trying to study and treat HD. n n DR ED WILD: So, hello; good afternoon. My name is Ed, and the reason I have three ... Read more

Shooting the messenger with single-stranded RNA gene silencing

Published date: 24 September, 2012

After huge leaps forward in recent years, we’re edging ever closer to human trials of huntingtin lowering or ‘gene silencing’ as a potential treatment for Huntington’s Disease. Newer, better and safer techniques are always welcome and the announcement of ‘single-stranded RNA’ silencing is causing quite a hubbub. What’s it all about? Gene silencing drugs work ... Read more

EuroBuzz Video: Day 2

Published date: 21 September, 2012

Jeff Carroll and Ed Wild present EuroBuzz episode 2 – bringing the European HD Network Meeting direct to you, in plain language. Watch online! n n ED: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is EuroBuzz. Please welcome your hosts Jeff Carroll and Ed Wild. JEFF: Hello again everybody. Thanks for joining us for the second and final ... Read more

EuroBuzz Video: Day 1

Published date: 19 September, 2012

Jeff Carroll and Ed Wild present EuroBuzz episode 1 – bringing the European HD Network Meeting direct to you, in plain language. Watch online! n n ED: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is EuroBuzz. Please welcome your hosts Jeff Carroll and Ed Wild. JEFF: Hi everybody, thanks for sticking with us through a long and exciting ... Read more

EuroBuzz News: Day 3

Published date: 16 September, 2012

Our third and final daily report from the European Huntington’s Disease Network 2012 Meeting in Stockholm. Video of both EuroBuzz evening sessions will be available to watch on HDBuzz.net next week. Sunday, September 16, 2012 10:47 – Welcome to day 3 of the European HD Meeting in Stockholm 10:51 – Ed: Rachael Scahill (UCL, London) ... Read more

EuroBuzz News: Day 2

Published date: 15 September, 2012

Our second daily report from the European Huntington’s Disease Network 2012 Meeting in Stockholm. Video of both EuroBuzz evening sessions will be available to watch on HDBuzz.net next week. Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:27 – Good morning from Stockholm and welcome to day 2 of HDBuzz reporting from the European Huntington’s Disease Network meeting 9:27 ... Read more