Sequestration has become shorthand for the budget cap that would limit Pentagon spending to $499 billion next year if Congress does not change the law. While it sounds like a small rhetorical shift, some budget analysts say the use of the âS-wordâ is intentional â so the potential cuts sound worse than they really are.
The remaining 90 % of people with MND are the only affected person in their family and are said to have âsporadicâ MND. People with familial MND have the disorder because of a mutation in a gene. A mutation is an error in the genetic code which causes a gene to work abnormally.People with genetic mutations can pass these onto their children.he remaining 90 % of people with MND are the only affected person in their family and are said to have âsporadicâ MND. People with familial MND have the disorder because of a mutation in a gene. A mutation is an error in the genetic code which causes a gene to work abnormally.
As Huntington's disease is inherited dominantly, a child of a parent who has/had the disease has a 50% chance of inheriting the defective gene. Often the disease affects several generations. Genetic testing for HD became possible in 1993 when the first non-sex-linked dominant disease gene was found. person with the Huntington's gene has one good copy of the gene and one faulty copy of the gene. His/her child will inherit either the good copy or the faulty one. The child who inherits the good copy will not develop Huntington's disease, while the child who inherits the faulty copy will.