The number of people who have the gene that causes Huntington's disease in Northern Scotland has been accurately counted for ...

The data were analyzed for linkage to the Huntington's disease gene using the program LIPED with a correction for the late age of onset. Because of the high frequency of the Huntington's disease ...

A study conducted by the University of Aberdeen has identified Northern Scotland as having one of the highest global rates of ...

The neurodegenerative disease slowly damages the brain, taking away the ability to walk, talk, eat, drink, make decisions and ...

The number of people who have the gene that causes the condition has been accurately counted for the first time in 35 years.

Northern Scotland has one of the highest rates of Huntington’s disease in the world ... In the new study, scientists used family tree clinical records to count how many people have a 50:50 ...