Stigma, history, and Huntington’s disease by Alice Wexler

From The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9734, Pages 18 – 19, 3 July 2010 Until my mother was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease—a hereditary degenerative neurological and psychiatric disorder characterised by chorea, cognitive impairment, and emotional disturbance—she never mentioned that her father and three brothers had all died with this disease. Perhaps that missing family history was [...]

BBC accompanies Nancy Wexler to Venezuela

A BBC story and video from Aug 2010. Venezuelan village key in search for Huntington’s cure. The village of Barranquitas in Venezuela has the highest concentration of Huntington’s disease, a devastating brain condition, in the world. The BBC’s Will Grant accompanies a US scientist there as she continues her life’s work to find a cure. [...]

Looking for Clues: Hacking the gene code of Huntington’s Disease

NBC Nightly News. May 10, 2010. Video by NBC Chief Science Correspondent Robert Bazell.  Watch the video on NBC’s website. Dr. Nancy Wexler, Lake Maracaibo families and progress from Dr. William Yang’s UCLA lab.