Author: Ignacio Munoz

Factor-H and HD in Latin America in The Lancet Neurology

Recently, Adrian Burton, a medical writer, published an article about HD in Latin America which focused largely on the efforts of Factor_H in this continent. You can download the article by clicking on the link below. Enjoy reading it! The Lancet article  

Visiting Colombia and Venezuela

Claudia Perandones (Scientific Director of the Latinamerican network for HD) and myself will be visiting several of the affected communities in the upcoming days. We will visit some of the most devastated communities in Colombia and around lake Maracaibo in Venezula from february 23 through March 3, 2013. During this visit, we will speak to […]

Visiting the Colombian and Venezuelan communities

Dear all – I am sure you are all aware of the importance of the Maracaibo communities in Venezuela for HD research. The incredible milestone of identifying the Huntingtin gene was possible because of the cooperation of the peoples of Venezuela. The large cluster in Maracaibo, the largest in the world as we know today, […]

Happy 2013!

  JAN01 2013 Lets hope for a great 2013 for all those living with HD and those working to find treatments! This will be a critical year in the development of new therapies for HD- several new investigational treatments will enter clinical trials, including novel molecular approaches to treat HD… it will also see a […]

Factor-H in the Argentinian news…

Please read the article below, when we launched Factor-H in Argentina… article featuring Ignacio  Munoz-Sanjuan, Claudia Perandones, and Charles Sabine (an HD carrier), published in the Clarin newspaper following an interview in Buenos Aires. Clarin Article  

Factor_H launches in Mendoza, Argentina

Official launch event for Factor-H in Mendoza, Argentina The official launch of Factor_H took place in the Sheraton hotel in Mendoza, Argentina, on October 12, 2012. The event included a seminar by Charles Sabine (see links here for youtube videos of his HD seminars; link), a friend and collaborator who flew from London to help […]

Lanzamiento de Factor-H en Mendoza, Argentina

Evento de lanzamiento oficial de Factor-H en Mendoza, Argentina El lanzamiento oficial de Factor-H tuvo lugar en el Hotel Sheraton de Mendoza, Argentina, el 12 de octubre de 2012. El evento incluyó un seminario de Charles Sabine -enlaces a los vídeos de YouTube de sus seminarios HD en este link-, un amigo y colaborador que voló desde Londres […]

Factor_H: a new humanitarian project to help affected communities in Latin America!

Dear all- it is with great pride that the project I have named “Factor_H” will launch in Mendoza, Argentina on October 12, 2012. This is an initiative that originated during a visit to Rio de Janeiro when I and CHDI clinical started officially the Latin American Network of clinicians and scientists. During this visit, I […]

Meeting in Mendoza, Argentina

below – Old blog entries from www.hdscienceblog.com here we will discuss science news relevant to HD OCT10 2012 Dear all – I am writing today from Argentina, I am here to present CHDI’s work at the second movement disorders meeting, organized by Freddy Michelli and Claudia Perandones from Argentina. Today I met with 3 incredible […]