LibrizziD+Huntington's+disease

Huntingdon’s Disease (Times New Roman 14 centered) **Description: (TNR, 12, Bold) ** Huntingdon’s disease affects the brain in a way that doesn’t allow victims to think, talk and move. This disease destroys basal ganglia (controls movement, emotion and cognitive ability). It’s caused by a genetic mutation on chromosome 4. **Inheritance: **Huntingdon’s Disease (HD) is inherited. Chromosome 4 (the area affected) is supposed to produce Huntingdon. The genotype in the coding area of this gene is ‘CAG’ repeating several times. HD victims have an unusually high number of CAG triplets, about forty, in some cases more. The average person has CAG repeated ten to twenty-six times. It’s inherited in an autosomal pattern; everyone who inherits the faulty gene gets the disease. A parent with HD has a 50% chance of passing the disease to a child. **Symptoms: ** HD symptoms include poor memory, lack of coordination, twitching and uncontrolled movement. Also there’s difficulty walking, speaking and swallowing. **Daily Life: ** **Diagnosis: **This disease is diagnosed by taking samples of fluid around the fetus or taking samples of fetal cells from the placenta during birth. Once the child is born, doctors preform neurological and psychological tests. **Treatment: ** HD is treated by taking medication and physical therapy. **Research: ** For this project, the websites I used were [|www.hdsa.org]  and <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">[|www.learn.genetics.utah.edu]

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