huntington's chorea

Beset by an enemy from within, Dan searches for the gypsies he once knew in York and is led inexplicably into a calamity involving the Black Death in a hostile country among frightened and superstitious people.

Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.

Presents a look at the life and career of neuropsychologist, Nancy Wexler, providing information on her childhood, her education, and her work finding the gene responsible for causing Huntington's disease.

Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.

Fourteen-year-old Melanie must come to terms with her mother's incurable illness and the possibility that she herself may develop the disease.

Gavin has been hiding at his best friend Trist McVeigh's house and falling for Trist's older sister, Jasey, in order to escape from his troubled home life, and when the McVeigh family begins to self-destruct, Gavin struggles to save Jasey and himself.

Huntingtons disease, or Huntingtons chorea, is a progressive genetic disease marked by death of brain cells coupled with loss of muscular control and coordination, declining mental abilities, and erratic behavior. Currently, this form of dementia has no cure. "Huntingtons Disease" offers introduces this disease, detailing its history and progression, and discusses the search for the gene that causes it and the development of genetic tests for the gene. This title also addresses the ethical questions of testing people for a disease whose symptoms typically develop later in life.

Provides information about Huntington's disease, covers symptoms, causes and effects, treatments, cures and medical advances.

Examines Huntington's disease, explaining what it is, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and efforts to find a cure for the genetic disease.