Programa Nuevos Horizontes (New Horizons). Re-structure of the Abrazos Program
Objective of the re-structuring To implement a restructuring of the existing Abrazos Program to provide equity, physical and mental health to all children and adolescents of families affected by Huntington’s Disease (HD) in Colombia and Venezuela. extends prior Abrazos Program to cover all children living in HD families, regardless of socioeconomic status; establishes age-dependent strategies, […]
The Latin American Professional Exchange Program (LA PEP)
The LA PEP program’s main objective is to provide educational opportunities to health professionals that work in Latin American enclaves with a high incidence of Huntington’s disease. Health & Disease Management is one of the main areas of focus of Factor-H and one of the main programs is what we call LA PEP (The Latin American Profesional […]
THE YAS STUDY from the Tabrizi group sheds light on earliest changes in HD
How the brain adapts itself to daily life situations and to internal or external insults has always been a fundamental question for science and medicine. In the case of HD, an essential quest has been to measure how the brain adapts to the presence of defective huntingtin protein in its cells, resisting the impact that […]
El Papa recibió a la chica argentina que sufre una rara enfermedad mortal
El Papa consoló a cientos de enfermos del mal de Huntington, una enfermedad genética mortal difundida sobre todo en la América Latina, animándolos a “no sentirse una carga” y lamentando el “aislamiento y abandono” que sufren. Entre ellos se encontraba Brenda, una adolescente argentina de 15 años y el cantante Axel, que cantó antes de […]
Caregivers Training Program (In person and App)
Factor-H has established formal collaborations with the University of Antioquia and the University of Medellín in Medellín (State of Antioquia), and the University Metropolitana (Barranquilla, State of Atlántico) to assist caregivers and the patients we directly support in Colombia (currently >130 families). Our employees work only in defined regions of Colombia and we are presently […]
The Dancing at The Vatican Documentary
With over 20,000 views, Dancing at the Vatican documentary has been a success, and we hope this film has inspired people. We remember with fondness the trip to the Vatican and remain thankful for the words and warmth Pope Francis delivered to the HD community. The documentary is subtitled in several languages including Spanish and […]
Article by Factor-H at the Huntington Study Group Insights magazine
The Huntington Study Group (HSG) is a USA-based non-profit organization dedicated to the development of therapies for HD, largely by promoting professional education and conducting clinical trials for HD. The Insights magazine is HSG journal where updates and special features are communicated, in all areas of relevance to the mission of HSG. Its mission is […]
Claudia Perandones: la investigadora que no tenía ni para los libros y hoy apuesta a vencer al coronavirus
Con mucho esfuerzo personal y familiar, se recibió de médica con diploma de honor, hizo una gran carrera como genetista y coordina los equipos del ANLIS Malbrán responsables de los testeos y de decodificar el genoma del virus. La causa del Huntington, el Papa y los amigos de Hollywood. Adriana Santagati Era una madrugada de […]
El Papa recibe a 200 enfermos de Huntington para acabar con el estigma de esa enfermedad
Recordando que «Jesús salía al encuentro de los enfermos y derribaba los muros del estigma y la marginación», el Papa Francisco ha mantenido el jueves un encuentro con doscientos enfermos de Huntington, acompañados de sus familias, investigadores y benefactores hasta un total de casi dos mil personas a las que ha saludado una a una, […]
Hunting for help in South America
With potential treatments for Huntington’s disease on the horizon, long-moot questions of responsibility towards Latin American communities are being felt acutely. But will the people who contributed to landmark research ever reap its benefi ts? Dara Mohammadi investigates By: Dara Mohammadi It’s dusk in a housing project on the outskirts Barranquilla, an industrial city in […]
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