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BMC Headquarters lit in Purple & Blue to raise awareness for Huntington's disease

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The Brihan Mumbai Corporation Headquarters is lit Purple and Blue today to raise awareness for Huntington's Disease. It is an incurable genetic disease that affects the brain. Huntington's disease is a rare, hereditary ailment that causes uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual abilities, emotional problems and eventually leads to death. The disease is passed from parent to child through a mutation in the huntingtin gene.