Hit the logo and you will be taked with a live page with posts. 30 years ago, on March 23, a landmark Cell article was published, describing that the mutation in the gene responsible for Huntington’s disease had been identified for the first time. This discovery was possible thanks to…
From October 19 to 21, Factor-h organized in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 2022 Huntington Latin American Conference with the presence of 35 speakers, among them scientists, researchers, experts in different health fields, HD associations, patients, and families. In her conference on October 20th, architect Marina González de Kaufman, President of Fundación…
(Conference below) From October 19 to 21, Factor-h organized in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 2022 Huntington Latin American Conference with the presence of 35 speakers, among them scientists, researchers, experts in different health fields, HD associations, patients, and families. In his conference on October 20h, Vladimir Marcano, a Venezuelan documentary photographer…
From October 19 to 21, Factor-h organized in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 2022 Huntington Latin American Conference with the presence of 35 speakers, among them scientists, researchers, experts in different health fields, HD associations, patients, and families. In her conference on the 19th, Selene Capodarca, an associate of Factor-H and the Enroll-HD Global…
My name is Juan Carlos Angulo Calderón, I live in Costa Rica, I am 32 years old, and I am the son of a patient with Huntington’s disease in the advanced stage of the process currently, my maternal grandmother died 24 years ago due to this diagnosis. Nurse by profession,…
Gindel Delgado created a moving video for the closing of the 2022 HD Congres in Latin America, when kids from some of the affected areas in the continent give their smiles looking into the future. Many of the speakers at the Congres joined in.
From October 19 to 21, Factor-h organized in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 2022 Huntington Latin American Conference with the presence of 35 speakers, among them scientists, researchers, experts in different health fields, HD associations, patients, and families. In her conference on the 19th, Factor-h’s co-founder Dra. Claudia Perandones, spoke about the “Relevance of…
October 19th. Saul arrived a day late from Panamá, after having missed his flight, and being unable to bring his mother, who suffers from HD to the conference, unfortunately, she did not have her papers in order on time. Saul had never been on a plane before or left his…
“La Enfermedad de las Familias Rotas”, by Charlie Cordero, was premiered at the 2022 HD Latin American Congress in, Barraquilla, Colombia, as a collaboration between the artist and Factor-H. Charlie Cordero is a documentary photographer based in Colombia. The recurrent themes in his work are related to human rights, gender…
Emmy nominated cinematographer, Gindel Delgado, traveled across HD communities once more to gather images of people he already knows well. They welcomed his camera into their homes and their lives aware of the fact that he and Factor-h -who commissioned his work- will help to create awareness of their situation…