2021 Course on targeting mutant HTT therapeutically for clinicians of the movement disorder society (MDS) by Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan

2021 Course on targeting mutant HTT therapeutically for clinicians of the movement disorder society (MDS) by Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan

In this 2021 course, Dr. Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan, VP of translational biology at CHDI Foundation, speaks to the clinicians and movement disorder residents as part of a course about Huntington’s disease organized by EHDN and MDS. The seminar focuses on our current understanding of HTT biological aspects relevant to the development…
M365: Un pasito hacia una Constitución para el mundo

M365: Un pasito hacia una Constitución para el mundo

Primero una Web, ahora una nueva forma de comunicar y colaborar… Son algo más de las 7 de la mañana en este pequeño y bellísimo pueblo de la Costa Brava donde vivo. Para quienes hayan oido hablar de él, está en Gerona en España y tiene una pequeña muralla alrededor…
Meet Ignacio - a CRL interview

Meet Ignacio - a CRL interview

Meet our second disruptor Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuán. Find out how Ignacio’s work is enabling organizations to develop novel therapies for Huntington’s disease. Through his drug discovery work at CHDI Foundation, a nonprofit organization, Ignacio fuels his motivation to uncover potential treatments and an eventual cure for this crippling transgenerational disease by…
Tackling Huntington’s Disease from All Angles

Tackling Huntington’s Disease from All Angles

One Scientist’s Journey to Change the Status Quo Even with the strides in research that scientists have made in the last few decades, the innerworkings of the brain remain a mystery. Neurological diseases like Huntington’s, Parkinson’s,and Alzheimer’s are just three out of many potentially devastating diagnoses clinicians havethe difficult task…
New podcast from CRL describes Factor-H

New podcast from CRL describes Factor-H

A few weeks ago, the scientific organization Charles River Laboratories (CRL) did a series on ‘inspiring scientists’ that showcase their work. Our President, Ignacio Muñoz (nacho) was featured in a documentary and a podcast. The podcast is now out. In it, Nacho is interviewed about his scientific work and the…
Huntington’s disease: the pope steps in to help raise awareness

Huntington’s disease: the pope steps in to help raise awareness

It was with the pomp and intrigue of a Dan Brown novel that earlier this month Pope Francis made his way into the Aula Paolo VI audience hall, a room the size of an aeroplane hangar in Vatican City. Flanked by the flamboyant Swiss Guard and dark-suited men muttering into…

El papa consuela a enfermos de Huntington

El papa francisco recibió en una audiencia especial a unos quinientos enfermos de Huntington acompañados de sus familias y benefactores. Según especialistas, esta enfermedad que no tiene cura tiene mayor incidencia en América Latina. Por Natalia Mendoza, CNN Español Publicado a las 15:45 ET (19:45 GMT) 23 mayo, 2017 VER NOTICIA
Support communities involved in disease studies

Support communities involved in disease studies

Lack of continued help for poor families involved in Huntington’s-disease research has sown resentment and mistrust, says Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan. By Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan After decades of research, a genetic therapy for Huntington’s disease is being tested in clinical trials. Sponsored by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche and US-based Ionis Pharmaceuticals, this trial…
What is Factor-H?

What is Factor-H?

A non-for-profit humanitarian project to increase the awareness of people living with and affected by Huntington’s disease, to facilitate social aid to diminish the suffering of local communities in Latin America. An effort to unite socially minded individuals through creative artistic, journalistic, medical, scientific, and political means to change the…
El Papa recibió a la chica argentina que sufre una rara enfermedad mortal

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…
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