Huntington's Disease

Author:   David M. Lawrence
Publisher:   Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN:  

9780791095867


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   30 July 2009
Recommended Age:   Grades 9 and up
Format:   Hardback
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Huntington's disease, or Huntington's chorea, is a progressive genetic disease marked by death of brain cells coupled with loss of muscular control and coordination, declining mental abilities, and erratic behavior. Currently, this form of dementia has no cure. """"Huntington's Disease"""" introduces this disease, detailing its history and progression, and discusses the search for the gene that causes it and the development of genetic tests for the gene. This title also addresses the ethical questions of testing people for a disease whose symptoms typically develop later in life.

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Author:   David M. Lawrence
Publisher:   Chelsea House Publishers
Imprint:   Chelsea House Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9780791095867


ISBN 10:   079109586
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   30 July 2009
Recommended Age:   Grades 9 and up
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Adult education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

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David M. Lawrence has worked as a scientist and journalist, and holds master's degrees in geography and journalism. He has worked as an independent researcher and research assistant in forest ecology and dendrochronology at a number of institutions, including Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and has served as a reporter, editor, and producer at daily newspapers and Web sites in Louisiana, New Jersey, and Virginia. He is author of the book Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution. Some of his shorter works have appeared in the periodicals The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Disease, Mercator's World, Vegetarian Times, and Woods Hole Currents, and in the books The Science of Dune and The Science of Michael Crichton. He lives in Virginia.

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