{"id":605,"date":"2022-11-02T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/?p=605"},"modified":"2022-11-14T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:45:41","slug":"hdsa-awards-886785-to-hd-human-biology-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/2022\/11\/02\/hdsa-awards-886785-to-hd-human-biology-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"HDSA AWARDS $886,785 TO HD HUMAN BIOLOGY PROJECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>HDSA AWARDS $886,785 TO HUNTINGTON\u2019S DISEASE HUMAN BIOLOGY PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">New York, NY,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">November 2, 2022<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u2014 Today, the Huntington\u2019s Disease Society of America (HDSA) announced that six research grants have been awarded under the Society\u2019s largest research initiative, the HDSA Huntington\u2019s Disease Human Biology Project.\u202f These grants represent HDSA\u2019s patient-centric research focus which brings basic and clinical researchers together to facilitate Huntington\u2019s disease (HD) science in the human condition \u2013 instead of in animal models \u2013 with the direct participation of people affected by HD.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThis year\u2019s large and diverse cohort of selected projects reflects the breadth of innovative approaches to Huntington\u2019s disease being pursued worldwide, from biomarkers and therapeutic targets, to strategies for improving quality of life for people with HD,\u201d said Dr. Leora Fox, Assistant Director of Research &amp; Patient Engagement at HDSA.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">HDSA received applications from researchers all around the world. Ultimately, grants were awarded to research fellows from Hungary, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The winners and titles of the 2022 HDSA HD Human Biology Project Grants are:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ines Bras, PhD<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">University of Central Florida:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Extracellular vesicles as non-invasive biomarkers for Huntington disease progression and huntingtin lowering therapy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lea Danics, PhD\u202f<\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Semmelweis University:<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fIdentification of novel targets with therapeutic potential in HD using a patient-derived induced neuronal model\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-608\" src=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/files\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-14-at-16.43.15-400x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Paul Dennis, MFA,\u202f<\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hunter College, CUNY<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fMovement Intervention for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND): Dance for Huntington\u2019s Disease (DfHD)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maria Rosario Fernandez-Fernandez, PhD,\u202f<\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fundaci\u00f3n para la Investigaci\u00f3n y la Innovaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (FINBA)-ISPA:<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f Alterations in polysomal architecture associated with Huntington\u2019s disease (HD) progression<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kilian Hett, PhD,<\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Vanderbilt University Medical Center:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cerebrospinal fluid in glymphatic circuit in Huntington\u2019s disease<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mitsuko Nakajima, BSc, MBChB, PGCert, MPhil<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">University College London:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mapping Premanifest Huntington\u2019s Disease at Ultra-high Resolution<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For a complete summary of these six research projects,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hdsa.org\/hd-research\/hd-human-biology-project\/\">www.HDSA.org\/hbp.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe HD Human Biology Project is a unique research program,\u201d added Dr. Arik Johnson, Chief Mission Officer at HDSA, \u201cin that it supports early career scientists, like this year\u2019s fellows, who are working with human samples, or directly with people living with HD. We are excited to see how their work will move HD science forward towards effective treatments for people in the HD community.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:400}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"usW7aGNLL6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hdsa.org\/news\/hdsa-awards-886785-to-huntingtons-disease-human-biology-projects\/\">HDSA Awards $886,785 to Huntington&#8217;s Disease Human Biology Projects<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;HDSA Awards $886,785 to Huntington&#8217;s Disease Human Biology Projects&#8221; &#8212; Huntington&#039;s Disease Society of America\" src=\"https:\/\/hdsa.org\/news\/hdsa-awards-886785-to-huntingtons-disease-human-biology-projects\/embed\/#?secret=usW7aGNLL6\" data-secret=\"usW7aGNLL6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HDSA AWARDS $886,785 TO HUNTINGTON\u2019S DISEASE HUMAN BIOLOGY PROJECTS New York, NY,\u00a0November 2, 2022\u202f\u2014 Today, the Huntington\u2019s Disease Society of America (HDSA) announced that six research grants have been awarded under the Society\u2019s largest research initiative, the HDSA Huntington\u2019s Disease Human Biology Project.\u202f These grants represent HDSA\u2019s patient-centric research focus which brings basic and clinical &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101875,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hcemm-neurobiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}