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Huntingtons Disease
About Huntingtons Disease
Fatal degenerative disease with no cure. Symptoms usually appear between 30-50, often after people have had children. Each child of an affected parent has a 50% chance. Woody Guthrie died from it. The gene was identified in 1993. Genetic testing raises profound ethical questions.
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