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Huntington's Disease
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, also known as Huntington's chorea is a genetic disorder
that usually shows up in someone in their thirties and forties, destroys the
mind and body and leads to insanity and death within ten to twenty years. The
disease works by degenerating the ganglia (a pair of nerve clusters deep in the
brain ....
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....nt brain brain protein, bFGF (or basic fibroblast
growth factor) in areas of the brain effected by the chorea. This occurs from
the problems on chromosome 4, where the gene for control of bFGF is also located.
As of yet, there is no treatment for Huntington's disease. But with the
discovery of the mutated genes that cause it, there is now a way of diagnosing
if you will get it. This technique was discovered only recently and reported in
the Journal of American Medical Association in April, 199.... |
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