Huntington's Disease Update

Scientists claim to have made Huntington's disease breakthrough.
NBC Nightly News (5/10, story 8, 2:30, Williams) reported that since the death of her mother, "Dr. Nancy Wexler has" been obsessed with "Huntington's disease, a horrible, inherited brain disorder that destroys the mind and the body." After her mother was diagnosed in 1968, she came to understand that "she and her sister Alice" had "a 50% chance of inheriting the disease." So, "her father Milton, a psychoanalyst, started a foundation," which "Dr. Wexler now heads to try to find a cure." Now, through his work with mice, "foundation-supported researcher Dr. William Yang," of UCLA, has "discovered how to shut down" a specific "gene so the Huntington's is cured." Dr. Wexler added, "It really dramatically cures the mice and gives us a lead about new therapy."