HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE 1978 HEARING BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS つ COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE AND RELATED AGENCIES WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia LAWTON CHILES, Florida QUENTIN BURDICK, North Dakota JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, ex officio EDWARD W. BROOKE, Massachusetts Professional Staff JIM MORAN GAR KAGANOWICH, JAMES PAINTER (Minority Staff) (II) HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1977 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:10 a.m., in room S-128, the Capitol, Hon. Birch Bayh presiding. Present: Senators Bayh and Schweiker. COMMISSION FOR THE CONTROL OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE STATEMENTS OF: O'BRIEN, HON. GEORGE M., U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM ILLINOIS JENNIFER JONES SIMON CHARLES MacKAY DR. GUY MCKHANN, CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY DR. NANCY WEXLER, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, NEW YORK CITY DR. MILTON WEXLER, VICE CHAIRMAN, COMMISSION FOR THE CONTROL OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE DR. STANLEY ARONSON, DEAN, MEDICAL SCHOOL, BROWN UNIVERSITY DR. STANLEY STELLAR, DIRECTOR OF NEUROSCIENCES, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER, LIVINGSTON, N.J. OPENING REMARKS OF SENATOR BAYH Senator BAYH. We will convene our hearing this morning with a special word of thanks to the chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Magnuson, for permitting these hearings to be held. I know he would like to be here himself and if he has a chance in the course of his other commitments, he will stop by. I appreciate the cooperation from the commission as well as the rest of the committee and staff. We appreciate Congressman O'Brien expressing his interest by taking the long walk over here from the other body to attend these hearings. Indeed, I think we all know that Huntington's disease and other genetic diseases are going to be conquered through the cooperative (1) |