Rachael Scahill
@rachiscahill.bsky.social
Neuroscientist working at the UCL HD Centre. Interested in Huntington’s disease, MRI, dogs, politics
Important paper on accessible biomarkers from @hob-lab.bsky.social. Well done Annabelle Coleman @drl-bo.bsky.social and all.
New paper from the @hob-lab.bsky.social just published in Journal of Neurology. A step toward more accessible biomarker testing 🩸 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @drl-bo.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases - Journal of Neurology
Promising blood-based biomarkers of neuropathology have emerged with potential for therapeutic development and disease monitoring. However, these tools will require specialist tertiary services for in...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Important paper on accessible biomarkers from @hob-lab.bsky.social. Well done Annabelle Coleman @drl-bo.bsky.social and all.
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
Hot off the press! Check out the second edition of the @ehdn-news.bsky.social Imaging Working Group (#iWG) newsletter! #HD #neuroimaging @drmichelaleocadi.bsky.social @rachiscahill.bsky.social @nicolahobbs.bsky.social ehdn.org/wp-content/u...
ehdn.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hot off the press! Check out the second edition of the @ehdn-news.bsky.social Imaging Working Group (#iWG) newsletter! #HD #neuroimaging @drmichelaleocadi.bsky.social @rachiscahill.bsky.social @nicolahobbs.bsky.social ehdn.org/wp-content/u...
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.
March 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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.
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
Curious about brain imaging in HD? Our latest review summarises key findings from structural, diffusion and fMRI, plus emerging techniques like 7T MRI, MEG and novel mHTT PET ligands. movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @rachiscahill.bsky.social @carlosestevezfraga.bsky.social
Neuroimaging Techniques in Huntington's Disease: A Critical Review
Background Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive, neuropsychiatric and motor symptoms caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the ...
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Curious about brain imaging in HD? Our latest review summarises key findings from structural, diffusion and fMRI, plus emerging techniques like 7T MRI, MEG and novel mHTT PET ligands. movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @rachiscahill.bsky.social @carlosestevezfraga.bsky.social
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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
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
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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
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
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
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
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
February 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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
The new study lays the foundation for future clinical trials targeting a DNA repair protein 👉 buff.ly/4aVcMsN
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
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...
February 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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...
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
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
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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.
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
January 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
Subtle changes in the brain happen around 20 years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease. The new findings from a study led by Prof Sarah Tabrizi @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social will guide future prevention trials www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
Brain changes in Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disea...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Subtle changes in the brain happen around 20 years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease. The new findings from a study led by Prof Sarah Tabrizi @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social will guide future prevention trials www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
Reposted by Rachael Scahill
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....
January 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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....