Friday, December 21, 2012
I'm lucky to have good health.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Testing could start in two years.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Event can help inform and galvanize the community.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
We are turning the tide from 'incurable to 'treatable.'
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The strategic plan is open for comment.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Practical strategies for getting people involved.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Alnylam presents a highly positive report.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Scientists aren't ready to include me.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Watching Private Practice left me feeling painfully mortal.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Testing is no longer just a personal matter.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
We need informed dialogue.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I'm in the gray zone between my genetic test and HD onset.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Your personal testimony is the best way to fight HD's stigma.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The stakes are enormous: treatments – or another generation lost to HD.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
It's time to brainstorm on improving our cause.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
A very fine line exists between passion and obsession.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Alnylam plans to apply for a clinical trial in 2012.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
In the next ten years, we can defeat HD.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
I'm going the extra mile for the cause.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Memories, doubts, and the aftermath of exiting the HD closet.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
'I can see that we're getting to the final stretch.'
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| Tags: Huntington's, treatment, cure, CHDI, Robert Pacifici, Michael Hayden, huntingtin, genetic, Isis, Alnylam, brain, gene, synaptic dysfunction, synapse, chorea, symptoms, gene-positive, coenzyme Q-10, creatine, trehalose, mitochondria, BDNF, depression, receptor, Rhes, research, science, scientist, drug hunter, hope
Sunday, February 13, 2011
I have left the darkness surrounding HD.
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| Tags: mask, Huntington's, CHDI, activist, Robi Blumenstein, closet, stigma, genetic, cope, cure, treatment
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Leading biotech firm has two teams working on HD.
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| Tags: Vertex, gene-positive, brain, Huntington's, cure, treatment, Isis, Alnylam, CHDI, genetic, protein, FDA, misfold, huntingtin, Hereditary Disease Foundation, neurogenesis
Friday, December 3, 2010
'Enroll-HD' aims to speed up research.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
I wonder about my gene-positive status: is this some kind of cruel joke?
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Monday, June 7, 2010
Our cause fuels the great movement for human progress.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Our movement stands at a crossroads.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Spread the word about HD Awareness Month and the dream of a disease-free world.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
As I lay in an MRI machine, news came of the death of my father, the HD warrior.
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| Tags: MRI, Huntington's, Huntington's disease, mother, father, denial, gene-positive, outburst, California, relationship, brother, sister, compassion, cure, treatment, CHDI, symptoms, chorea, psychology, UCSD, COHORT, Parkinson's, brain
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
In the fight against HD, we know how much we depend on our supporters.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
If we won't help ourselves, why should anybody else care?
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