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Jeffrey Bryan Carroll is an American scientific researcher in the field of Huntington's disease (HD). [1] As a carrier of the abnormal gene that causes HD, [2] he is also a public advocate for families affected by the disease, and co-founder of the HD research news platform HDBuzz. [3]
Jeff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Throughout his academic career, Jeff’s focus has been on better understanding, and ultimately trying to help treat, patients with Huntington’s Disease.
Huntington disease (HD) is a rare, inherited, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor symptoms including involuntary choreatic movements as well as cognitive, behavioral, and psychiatric changes. 1,2 The disease is caused by an increase in the number of CAG repeats in the DNA sequence of exon 1 of the HTT gene. 3 The overall prevalence of HD is increasing, 4 and the ...
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HD Buzz– “Huntington’s disease research news. In plain language. Written by scientists. For the global HD community.” Dr. Ed Wild and Dr. Jeff Carroll (co-founders of HDBuzz) gave this fantastic Avengers-themed presentationreviewing the status of HD research at the 2019 HDSA Annual Convention. It’s an easy to follow talk, packed with plenty of supe...
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The Huntington Study Group (HSG)is a world leader in facilitating high-quality clinical research trials and studies in Huntington disease (HD).
Aug 17, 2017 · Huntington's disease (HD) is a fully penetrant neurodegenerative disease caused by a dominantly inherited CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene on chromosome 4.
- Peter McColgan, Sarah J Tabrizi
- 2018
Simultaneous treatment of mice expressing exon-1 of mHTT with a brain-penetrant CB2 agonist and a peripherally restricted CB2 antagonist enabled investigators to compare the effect of total and peripheral CB2 signalling in the progression of relevant signs of Huntington's disease.
Dec 3, 2021 · New York, NY (December 3, 2021) — The Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) is proud to announce that Jeff Carroll, PhD and Beth Hoffman, PhD have been elected to the Society’s National Board of Trustees.
