Ann Mercy Hunt
(1938–2014), medical researcher and campaigner
Ann Mercy Hunt MBE (25 October 1938 – 25 June 2014) was a British medical researcher and campaigner. She co-founded the Tuberous Sclerosis Association and became a researcher into the tuberous sclerosis complex. Her youngest son died from the condition aged 13. In 1997 the TSC2 gene was identified by a European consortium supported by her organisation.
Life
Hunt was born in Welshpool in 1938. Hunt went to City of London School for Girls before taking Chemistry at Cambridge University. She married John Hunt as they both worked in research in America and in the UK, where she learnt about research techniques. John became an academic in Oxford.
She had a son who suffered from Tuberous Sclerosis and she was surprised to find that there was so little information or research into the condition. Her youngest son died from the condition aged 13.
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