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...team of Harvard researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute recently made a significant step in creating clinically-safe, induced pluripotent stem cells, an advance that could be “revolutionary” in treating patients with neuromuscular diseases like Huntington??s and Parkinson’s Diseases, according to the study’s senior author, Lee Rubin...
...brilliant that you wanted to learn as much as you could from him and try to be as honest and as serious about your work as he was,” said government Professor Stephen P. Rosen ’74, a former student of Huntington??s. “He was an inspiration...He was always there for his students.” Huntington??s most famous academic treatise posited that cultural and religious differences between the world’s major civilizations—rather than ideological disparities between political states—would...
...Autism, for example, should be distinguished from disorders that are currently screened, such as Down syndrome and Huntington??s diseases. It is not a disease, but a spectrum condition that does not necessarily entail suffering. Indeed, autism is often related to remarkable talents—it is believed that both Newton and Einstein were autistic—and selection against the condition can be viewed as a sinister form of eugenics that discriminates against those who are not typical...
...team of Harvard researchers have identified a potential method for treating Huntington??s disease that might shed light on treatments for similar neurodegenerative diseases. The team—led by scientists at the Harvard-affiliated MassGeneral Institute For Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND)—identified a novel mechanism of clearing disease-causing mutant huntingtin protein from brain cells by modifying the protein structure for autophagic degradation, a natural degradation process in cells. The introduction of a specific molecular fragment known as an acetyl group into the mutant proteins—a process also known as acetylation?...
...Ivinson, who conducts research on neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington??s and Parkinson’s, says his center draws 60 percent of its funding from private donors—causing unease about support for future projects...