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"Planning for the Millennium:
Setting the Research Agenda for the Countdown Year"
The Darina Wiesel Memorial Workshop
January 9-10, 1999
Santa Monica, CA
Report prepared by Erik S. Schweitzer, M.D., Ph.D.
Abstract
On January 9 and 10, 1999, the Hereditary Disease Foundation held a
workshop to bring together investigators pursuing an understanding
of and cure for Huntington's Disease (HD). Participants presented
recent results of their investigations, and discussed the
significance of these findings, the important questions outstanding,
and productive approaches to addressing the significant issues that
remain. There were also moving testaments to the human face of HD,
including a tribute and written testimonial by Mark Wiesel, the
husband of the late Darina Wiesel, who died from complications of HD
in March 1998; and a discussion with another family affected by HD.
In addition, participants attended a dinner at the Geffen
Contemporary gallery, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the
Hereditary Disease Foundation, the 90th birthday of founder Dr.
Milton Wexler, and the imminent arrival of the new millennium.
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