Sir

Your News Feature on biomedical philanthropy 'Love or money' (Nature 447, 252–253; 2007) states that that the High Q Foundation is a successor to the Hereditary Disease Foundation (http://www.hdfoundation.org). You also state that CHDI is a successor to the Cure Huntington's Disease Initiative of the Hereditary Disease Foundation. The word 'successor' could give readers the false impression that the Hereditary Disease Foundation either no longer exists or is no longer active. This is incorrect. The Hereditary Disease Foundation, since its inception in 1968, has vigorously encouraged and respectfully supported researchers seeking to find treatments and cures for Huntington's disease as rapidly as possible and continues to do so.