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Welcome to HD Australia This is a community run resource for all Australians affected by Huntington's Disease. We hope you find this a place full of friendship and support.

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Synaptic activity, aggregation, and memantine
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Mesenchymal stem cells repair neurotoxin damage in an animal
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Track-HD reports baseline findings
The search for genetic modifiers
Gene therapy in mouse models of Huntington's disease
Australia set to end ban on animal transplants for humans
Axonal transport impaired in HD
Please Help With My Daughter
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A blog dedicated to the latest scientific findings
Poster: michelle Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:38 pm

A blog dedicated to the latest scientific findings towards developing therapies for Huntington's disease. Review recent findings relevant to disease understanding and treatment....
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Mental and physical exercise delays dementia
Poster: Jason Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:24 am

http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/new ... 013&page=2

Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered that mental and physical stimulation delays the onset of dementia in the fatal genetic disease, Huntington's disease.

This Australian research opens up new therapeutic possibilities for other dev...

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HDF raises over $2 Million for research
Poster: Jason Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:35 pm

The Hereditary Disease Foundatation recently held a Gala celebrating its 40th birthday with a tribute to its founder Milton Wexler who recently passed away. The event rased over 2 million dollars with an anonymous donar matching all donation up to a million dollars.

The HDF was started by Dr. Milton Wexler in 1968 when his wife was diagnosed with Huntington's disease (HD). The Foundation uses a variety of strategies - workshops, grants, fellowships, and targeted research contracts - ...

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Approved drugs found to induce autophagy
Poster: michelle Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:50 pm

HDlighthouse.org
Approved drugs found to induce autophagy



UK researchers have found that several existing drugs which are already approved for other purposes induce autophagy, an alternate way to clear away the HD protein.
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Inducing autophagy as an alternate way to enhance the cleara...

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Hope for Parkinson's sufferers as mice cured
Poster: michelle Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:46 pm

http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/hope-for-parkinsons-sufferers-as-mice-cured/2008/03/24/1206206962659.html
The controversial technique of therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat a disease for the first time, with mice with Parkinson's disease found to improve after receiving their own modified cells.
American and Japanese research...

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HD and Sexuality
Poster: michelle Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:34 pm


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Sexuality and partnership have an important influence on the quality of life of patients with chronic disorders. There are just a few studies in literature about sexuality in Huntington’s disease which conclude that up to 85% men and up to 75% of women experience high levels of sexual problems, most of them having prevalen...

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