This was posted on Hunt-Dis January 17th. The author, Ricki Lewis, is a geneticist who is also a science writer for CHDI. Inc. [http://www.chdi-inc.org/]. Though the book is fiction, it is based on her very special contact with a real Huntington's person. Dr. Lewis has also kindly offered to get the book "Stem Cell Symphony" at a discount to HD families or organizations by emailing her directly at ralewis@.... She will be donating some of the proceeds to HD causes.
Attached is a flyer for the bookfor sharing. Or you can view it online here: http://www.trafford.com/07-2401 In the upper left hand corner put Stem Cell Symphony in the title search box.
Stem Cell Symphony: A Novel
by Ricki Lewis PhD
A hospice volunteer shares iPod music with a young man with a devastating neurological disease - and he improves. Could the songs be activating stem cells in his brain?
The underlying love story and comical cast of characters propel this parallel tale of emerging spirituality and an evolving medical technology. Many of the characters and scenes are based on real people, and the science dead-on accurate - with the one tweak of the music turning on stem cells.
It could happen.
223 pages; quality trade softcover paperback
Price: US $25.69, C $29.54, EUR 20.03, £13.28