Huntington's also has an interesting place in the history of genetics, genetic diseases, and heredity. I wish I could find the excerpt, but the book The Gene t

Huntington's also has an interesting place in the history of genetics, genetic diseases, and heredity. I wish I could find the excerpt, but the book The Gene talks about the original research and it's an interesting story. The book is worth reading in general (Siddhartha Mukherjee is a great writer and it's really good). http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gene/Siddhartha-Mukherjee/9781476733500 http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gene/Siddhartha-Mu...