Announcing the 2025 HDBuzz Prize for Young Science Writers – sponsored by the Hereditary Disease Foundation!

From vision changes to genetic traffic jams and a clinical trial update, May was full of HD science excitement! Dive into our latest roundup to see how researchers are advancing Huntington’s ...

For many with Huntington’s disease, recognising faces, navigating familiar places, or reading can be difficult. Scientists studied how and when HD affects how the brain processes what we see—crucial ...

In plain language. Written by scientists. For the global HD community.

Imagine a busy intersection - traffic is carefully orchestrated with different colored lights, telling drivers when to stop and when to go. If a signal turns yellow, drivers know that the light is in ...

Deepti is a board-certified genetic counsellor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She did her genetic counselling training in New York and has practiced for over a decade in both the U.S. and ...

Peter attended medical school at Queen’s University Belfast. He is now a Specialty Registrar in Neurology in London and an Academic Clinical Fellow attached to the Huntington’s Disease Research Group ...

Faye works in the lab of Dr Roger Barker at the University of Cambridge, UK, studying neurodegeneration including Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease research news. In plain language. Written ...

Kelly Andrew is an employee of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, where she works on Research and Mission Programs. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from Wake Forest University ...

Betony Childs (they/them) is a London-based qualified genetic counsellor who trained at St George’s Hospital, London, under the National School of Healthcare Science. They have interest in a broad ...

Lakshini Mendis is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand. She is currently working in the Centre for Brain Research, under the guidance of Dr Maurice Curtis, and is ...