Rare Diseases

Huntington's disease is an incurable genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It is caused by a defect in a gene present on chromosome 4 that causes an excessive build-up of the Huntington protein. This protein build-up ultimately defaces nerve cells in parts of the brain, affecting neurological function, leading to Huntington’s disease. Symptoms of HD vary from person to person, even within the same family usually appearing between the ages of 30 to 50. As per Huntington’s disease Society of America estimates, there are approximately 30,000 Americans, expressing symptoms of Huntington’s disease and more than 200,000 are ...