Is the HDF Well Regarded by the Scientific Community?
The HDF is considered an outstanding contributor to scientific research by the global scientific community. The HDF played a key role in the discovery of the HD gene, which was localized in 1983 and isolated in 1993. The HDF recruited and supported more than 100 scientists worldwide who worked together as the Huntington’s Disease Collaborative Research Group in a ten-year search to capture the gene. The New York Times called this quest for the HD gene “legendary in less than a decade”; the gene, itself, the most “coveted treasure in molecular biology”. Nancy Wexler has received a number of distinguished awards, including (most recently), the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, in recognition of her “vital role in the discovery of the gene responsible for Huntington’s disease”. They go on to say: “By leading combined efforts in human molecular genetics and neurosciences, Dr. Wexler established a model now used to investigate the genetic basis of inherited diseases.
The HDF is considered an outstanding contributor to scientific research by the global scientific community. The HDF played a key role in the discovery of the HD gene, which was localized in 1983 and isolated in 1993. The HDF recruited and supported more than 100 scientists worldwide who worked together as the Huntington’s Disease Collaborative Research Group in a ten-year search to capture the gene. The New York Times called this quest for the HD gene “legendary in less than a decade”; the gene, itself, the most “coveted treasure in molecular biology”. Nancy Wexler has received a number of distinguished awards, including (most recently), the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, in recognition of her “vital role in the discovery of the gene responsible for Huntington’s disease”. They go on to say: “By leading combined efforts in human molecular genetics and neurosciences, Dr. Wexler established a model now used to investigate the genetic basis of inherited diseases.
