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2. Huntington's disease - Wikipedia

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   Predictive testing for Huntington's disease has been available via linkage analysis (which requires testing multiple family members) since 1986 and via direct mutation analysis since 1993. [68] At that time, surveys indicated that 50–70% of at-risk individuals would have been interested in receiving testing, but since predictive testing has ...

3. Do You Really Want to Know? - Wikipedia

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   Do You Really Want to Know? is a 2012 documentary film directed by John Zaritsky and produced by Kevin Eastwood.Using interviews and dramatic recreations, the film recounts the stories of three families who carry the gene for Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative illness which is the result of a genetic abnormality, whose symptoms typically appear in mid-life. [1]

4. The Lion's Mouth Opens - Wikipedia

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   The film begins at a dinner party. Filmmaker and actress Marianna Palka, 33 years old, is joined by friends in anticipation of the genetic testing results she will receive the next day, revealing whether or not she has inherited the presently untreatable neurodegenerative illness, Huntington's disease, from her father, who has the illness.

5. Medical genetics - Wikipedia

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   Medical genetics is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders.Medical genetics differs from human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, while medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care.

6. Anticipation (genetics) - Wikipedia

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   Once the number of copies reaches over 100, the disease will manifest earlier in life (although the individual will still reach adulthood before the symptoms are evident) and the symptoms will be more severe – including electrical myotonia. As the number progresses upwards past 400, the symptoms show themselves during childhood or infancy.

7. Huntington's Disease Outreach Project for Education at Stanford

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   The Huntington's disease Outreach Project for Education at Stanford (HOPES) is a student-run project at Stanford University dedicated to making scientific information about Huntington's disease (HD) more readily accessible to patients and the public.