KEYWORD

Huntington’s disease

Leslie M. Thompson, Donald Bren Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine.

CIRM awards UC Irvine neuroscientist another $2 million for Huntington's disease research

Goal is to determine why the fatal condition destroys some brain cells but spares others

October 08, 2025

UC Irvine’s Thai B. Nguyen, Leslie Thompson and Robert Spitale (from left).

UC Irvine-led team discovers potential new therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease

Molecular mechanisms revealed that drive RNA processing defects leading to disorder

January 08, 2025