Huntington's Disease Research Paper

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Huntington’s disease is a disease of the brain wherein a person’s capability to think, talk, and move is affected. The disease was first described by Dr. George Huntington in 1872. The actual gene was not characterized until 1993. In Huntington’s disease there is a mutation of a gene on chromosome 4. The protein (huntingtin) for the gene is responsible for directing the delivery of vesicles to the outer area of the cell. The normal coding for this gene is CAG repeated many times, the number of repeats vary by person (ranges 10-26). When a person has Huntington’s they develop an abnormally high number of these repeats, around 40 or more. This mutation can lead to accumulated clumps of huntingtin that can lead to cell death. Although scientists

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