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In the gene hunter we learn the story of one womans crusade to understand the genetic disorder known as huntington s disease nancy wexler the gene hunter in question has herself been impacted by the disease having lost her mother and other relatives to huntingtons. Gene hunter is the powerful story of a courageous and dedicated woman whose passion for science is both personally and intellectually satisfying author adele glimm draws on firsthand accounts from nancy and her friends family and colleagues to tell us how a curious strongminded woman became an accomplished neuropsychologist. Gene hunter hunter detective scientist nancy is all these and a friend to people everywhere who are affected by a fatal inherited sickness called huntingtons disease and other diseases of the brain this book presents the story of this courageous and dedicated woman whose passion for science is both personally and intellectually satisfying. Nancy wexler the gene hunter in question has herself been impacted by the disease having lost her mother and other relatives to huntingtons the book tells wexlers story from her the formative experiences in education and her private life to her recent work in remote areas of venezuela where there is a high concentration of people . Gene hunter the story of neuropsychologist nancy wexler womens adventures in science joseph henry press dec 20 2020 posted by cao xueqin public library text id 410370d4d online pdf ebook epub library hunter is gene hunter the story of neuropsychologist nancy wexler by adele glimm illus from the womens adventures in science series washington dc joseph henry press