Huntington's disease is caused by a expanding mutation to the DNA code. This disease affects about one out of ten thousand. People with this disease have a fifty to fifty chance of passing it on to their children. The symptoms start from ages thirty to fifty. Six percent of people that carry this disease can get Juvenile Huntington's Disease which affects kids and teenagers. Most patients die about ten to twenty years after symptoms begin. Huntington's Disease is a neurodegenerative disease which means that symptoms are caused by the death of nerve cells in the brain. Specifically a part of the brain called the basal ganglia. This part of the brain is responsible for starting and stopping movements. It also helps us organize our thoughts and
