The Hereditary Disease Foundation (hdf)

The main aim of the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF) is to cure genetic illnesses through supporting research in biomedical. Dr. MILTON WEXKLER started this foundation when his wife was diagnosed with Huntington's disease. In solving the mysteries of genetic disease and as well develop new cures, the foundation uses a variety of strategies, workshops and as well grants, fellow ships and basically targeted contracts in research. In essence, it focuses on Huntington's disease which is a fatal autosoamal-dominant neuroligal illness that causes it.

There are many things that come along with Huntington's disease. Apart form the fact that the patient can experience its fatality in the form of severe emotional disturbance and involuntary movements, each child of an affected parent bares a 50% risk of inheriting the disease. It is believed that this disease is in its third or fourth year of life but a child as young as two years or even eighty year old adults may as well develop the symptoms.

The Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF) does its hereditary disease research using the Huntington's disease as a model. This is basically due to the fact that it is triggered by a single gene mutation. What could be however instrumental in finding ways to treat other more genetic illnesses like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's among others, will be the progress towards treatment of the Huntington's disease?

So far $50million has been given to support pioneering research and genetics, therapy in gene, molecular and cell biology, survival and death of the cells, models of animals, neurophysiology, neutophamagology, among other areas that are relevant to understating the disease inheritance. This money has been given by the foundation.

Sponsored workshops held many times a year are among the centerpiece of the foundation. The program was started by Milton Wexler which was aimed at bringing scientists together form different academic disciplines to brainstorm. This was usually done in the absence of prepared lectures or slides but all the same they were entitled to explore new research directions.

The Hereditary Disease Foundation (HD) offered numerous funding opportunities which included;

* The basic results grant programs

* The John J.Wasmuth postdoctoral fellowships

* The Lieberman award

* And as well the Milton Wexler postdoctoral fellowship awards.

In addition, donations are always accepted by check and credit cards. For other information, you can consult the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF). It always believes that no other organization comes close as its integrity is exemplary

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