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Nancy Wexler helped find the gene for the disease killing her family, then learned she has it too. Her new memoir turns decades of groundbreaking research and personal courage into a story of scientific progress fueled by love.
Nancy Wexler discovered her mother's illness was hereditary and she had a 50% chance of getting it. Instead of retreating, she led the groundbreaking research that found the gene responsible for Huntington's disease.
Nancy Wexler spent 25 years hunting for the gene that caused Huntington's disease in her family. Now living with the condition herself, she's still leading research to help future generations.
Nancy Wexler had a 50/50 chance of developing the same fatal disease that took her mother. Instead of retreating, she spent decades in Venezuela and helped identify the gene responsible for Huntington's disease.