Tag: Center for Neurologic Diseases

  • Nation & World

    Biomarker for Huntington’s identified

    In a new research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition online, Harvard-affiliated researchers identify a transcriptional biomarker that may assist in the monitoring of Huntington’s disease activity and in the evaluation of new medications.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Clearer view of Parkinson’s

    A new study finds that a protein key to Parkinson’s disease has likely been mischaracterized. The protein, alpha-synuclein, appears to have a radically different structure in healthy cells than previously thought, challenging existing disease paradigms and suggesting a new therapeutic approach.

    5 minutes