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Research Highlights

Earlier HSP onset in successive generations

Missense mutations also related to earlier onset

Potential treatment for SPG5 HSP identified

Promising results in mouse studies

New SPG4 disease pathway identified

Mechanism unrelated to microtubule-severing ability

SPG31 studied in fruit flies

Flavonoid treatment restores impaired function

Review of 147 HSP studies of 13,570 HSPers

Revealing big picture overview

New HSP genotypes and phenotypes

Research from Russia, China, Japan, Poland, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic, Spain, the UK and Iran

Search for biomarker of complicated HSP

Retinal nerve fibre thickness studied

Special imaging shows differences due to HSP

Potential as a biomarker of progression

New HSP gene PCYT2

Associated with recessive, complicated HSP

Suspected new HSP gene SPTAN1

Huge HSP genetics study in Canada

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