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Welcome to HDBuzz

HDBuzz is now live! Your source for Huntington’s disease research news, in plain language, written by scientists, for the global HD community. Reliable, impartial and free to share, HDBuzz will bring you solid reasons to have hope, by explaining latest news from the worldwide effort to find effective treatments for HD.

Welcome to HDBuzz

It’s our great pleasure to announce the launch of HDBuzz, a new Internet platform for the latest news about Huntington’s disease research in plain language, written by scientists who work on HD. HDBuzz is dedicated to the people who need it most – those affected by HD and their family and friends.

Huntington’s disease research news

HDBuzz will give the global HD community free access to reliable, unbiased articles that reveal and explain the amazing, cutting-edge science that’s happening in labs and clinics around the world. You can expect a story or two a week, focused on particularly exciting developments in both clinical and basic research. Also look for in-depth coverage of HD scientific conferences and other events of interest to the community.

In plain language

HDBuzz will give you access to cutting-edge science, because we believe that all scientific progress can be explained in a way that allows non-scientists to understand it – in fact, we believe that no scientific work is complete until it’s been understood by the people it concerns.

HDBuzz is an experiment, and we need to know from you how we’re doing. If an article didn’t make sense, click the ‘Didn’t understand’ button and tell us how we can improve our content. If you like an article, click the ‘enjoyed’ button to let us know.

On the hdbuzz.net site, glossary pop-ups will explain any technical terms we have to use.

Written by scientists

HDBuzz writers and editors are qualified scientists and clinicians involved in the global effort to find treatments for HD. To remain independent, writers never report on their own research, and every writer completes a ‘conflicts of interest’ statement for each article.

You can find out about the HDBuzz team via the ‘About’ section.

For the global HD community

HDBuzz is the result of an exciting collaboration between many people all over the world, and we want our content to reach as far as possible. HD knows no cultural boundaries, and neither should access to information about HD.

HDBuzz is funded by a unique consortium of HD patient organizations. Our major supporters are the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, Huntington’s Disease Association of England and Wales and the Huntington Society of Canada and we hope to welcome more global HD organizations to the consortium during 2011.

We aim to make all HDBuzz content available in as many languages as possible. We are launching in English and Spanish, and hope to add French, German and Dutch in the very near future.

Where to find us

You’ll be able to access all HDBuzz content via our web site, hdbuzz.net, and articles will also be syndicated to the HD community sites you already use – like hdsa.org, hda.org.uk and huntingtonsociety.ca where we hope they’ll provoke lively, informed debate.

HDBuzz has news feeds to the major social networking sites so you can follow HDBuzzFeed on Twitter, Facebook or Google Buzz. You can also get updates by email.

And if you have a web page or blog, you can freely use HDBuzz content automatically via RSS or reproduce specific articles you like. See our sharing page, within the about section, for full details.

Hope through knowledge

It is a very exciting time for HD research – in the coming months and years, we expect real progress towards effective treatments for this disease we’re all united to fight.

We look forward to bringing that excitement to you, and giving you solid reasons to have real hope, through HDBuzz.

Latest Research Articles

Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference 2023 – Day 3

Published date: 22 May, 2023

Welcome to the third and final day of HD science, live from Dubrovnik, Croatia! Our Twitter updates are compiled below. Continue to follow live updates for the final day of the conference with the hashtag #HDTC2023.nCheck out our coverage of Day 1 here: https://en.hdbuzz.net/343 and day 2 here: https://en.hdbuzz.net/344. Biomarkers This morning’s session will focus ... Read more

Start here!

Published date: 22 May, 2023

Welcome to HDBuzz! This special page is for people who are new to Huntington’s disease, or new to the world of HD research. Reading the articles linked here will help you pick up the basics of what Huntington’s disease is, and get up to speed with some of the most promising things scientists are doing ... Read more

Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference 2023 – Day 2

Published date: 4 May, 2023

Welcome to the second full day of HD science, live from Dubrovnik! After yesterday’s amazing basic science talks, today begins with a session focused on companies developing new experimental treatments for HD. Our Twitter updates are compiled below. Continue to follow live updates for the rest of the conference with the hashtag #HDTC2023. Check out ... Read more

Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference 2023 – Day 1

Published date: 26 April, 2023

Hello from Dubrovnik, Croatia, where the 2023 CHDI Therapeutics Conference will be taking place from Monday, April 24th, through Thursday, April 27th! This conference is a big one for HD researchers worldwide, from industry, academia, and nonprofit. Dozens of scientists will give talks on all things HD, from genetics, to therapeutics, to clinical trial news. ... Read more

PROOF-HD study of pridopidine ends with negative result

Published date: 25 April, 2023

Top line results of the PROOF-HD study, run by Prilenia Therapeutics and testing pridopidine, have been announced at the American Academy of Neurology convention. Sadly the trial outcome was negative. We recap the history of pridopidine in Huntington’s disease, review the trial results, and figure out where this disappointing result leaves us. The drug: pridopidine ... Read more

Astrocytes: The new star in HD research?

Published date: 19 April, 2023

The most obvious changes related to Huntington’s disease (HD) happen to neurons, the nervous system’s messenger cells that send and receive information throughout the brain and spinal cord. However, many different cell types are affected by HD. A recently published article reviewed research findings from various labs, describing how a specific type of brain cell, ... Read more