Huntington's disease is a brain disorder that affects movement, cognition, and emotions (Schoenstadt). It is a genetic disease that generally affects people between the ages of 30 and 40 (Sheth). Worldwide, Huntington's disease affects between 3 and 7 in 100,000 people of European ancestry (Schoenstadt). In the United States alone, 1 in 30,000 people have Huntington's disease (Genetic Learning Center). Huntington's disease is a multifaceted disease, with a complex inheritance pattern and a wide range of symptoms. There is also a lot of research going on in the field of Huntington's disease, because as of 2012, this disease is incurable mentioned to the world in 1913, when “Huntington's chorea”, the original name of the disease, appeared on the agenda of a medical conference in Washington (Bakalar). In 1936, Huntington's disease was mentioned twice, in two different letters about eugenics, “improving health.” species regulating human reproduction" (Bakalar). It appeared as one of the five diseases that should be considered for voluntary sterilization (Bakalar). The first description appeared in an article entitled "Report on a Hereditary Disease" which described the study of Huntington's disease which was published in a British medical journal (Bakalar). The study, which found that the disease is more widespread than previously thought, mentioned George Huntington and his original work and included a description of the symptoms and prevalence. of the disease (Bakalar).On October 4, 1967, Huntington's disease made its appearance in the obituary of the well-known folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie, who suffered from the disease for thirteen years, every child... means of paper .....RNA interference technology turns off normal and abnormal huntingtin gene (Miller Works Cited Appai-Kubi, Linda. Chaudhuri, K. Ray. "Huntington's disease." January 9, 2001. Web. March 22, 2012. Folstein, Susan E. Huntington's Disease. Baltimore: John's Hopkins University Press, 1989. Print.Genetic Science Learning Center. "Huntington's disease." Learn. Genetics. Network. March 23, 2012.Miller, Marsha L. “HD Research – Past and Future.” American Huntington's Disease Society. 2011. Network. March 23, 2012. Sheth, Kevin. "Huntington's disease." PubMed Health. Last revised April 30, 2011. Web. March 20, 2011.