![]() ![]() It was the memory of that eureka moment that led her to write about Huntington's in her latest novel, "Inside the O'Briens," continuing the theme of her previous three works of fiction, which focus on families affected by disorders of the brain - dementia, traumatic brain injury and autism. ![]() "And I remember thinking: 'Oh my God, they're going to cure this disease."' Genova, who went on to become a neuroscientist before turning to writing, knew she was witnessing a historic moment in the field. There was good reason: researchers had finally isolated the mutated gene that causes Huntington's disease, one of humankind's cruellest disorders. TORONTO - Best-selling novelist Lisa Genova was a young college grad working as a technician in a Boston neuroscience lab in 1993 when a raucous celebration erupted in another laboratory down the hall. ![]()
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