Rachael Scahill
@rachiscahill.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist working at the UCL HD Centre. Interested in Huntington’s disease, MRI, dogs, politics
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Spurred on by having to catch that flight later?! Well done
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UCL HD Centre @ucl-hd.bsky.social celebrating #HDGratitudeDay. Thanks to all the families and researchers around the world who together are trying to improve lives for people with Huntington’s disease.
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cdelawalla.bsky.social
Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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The UK DRI's Profs Sarah Tabrizi & Gabriel Balmus have taken major steps forward in advancing Huntington's genetic therapies👏

The new study lays the foundation for future clinical trials targeting a DNA repair protein 👉 buff.ly/4aVcMsN
Reducing DNA repair protein levels targets root cause of Huntington’s
www.ukdri.ac.uk
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jmschott.bsky.social
Latest paper @MRCLHA Insight 46 study — Physical activity across life may buffer the cognitive impacts effects of early Alzheimer’s pathology — particularly in women pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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chrisdornan.bsky.social
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
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Our paper in Nature Medicine is out today! Great working with @drmfarag.bsky.social & the YAS team (researchers and participants) to identify biomarkers that pave the way for preventative trials in Huntington's Disease. Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social and CHDI for funding. tinyurl.com/3fde9mth
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Check out the latest edition of the #HD Clinical Trials Update, now available online in the Journal of Huntington's Disease @profwild.bsky.social 🔓 Open access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Loved the bookshelf episode. Am with you @richardosman1.bsky.social - book size matters!