Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, is a very rare disease. This disease was discovered in 1861, and since then, no doctors have found a cure. The symptoms of this disease could be muscle weakness, awkward walking, frequent falls, and difficulties with motor skills, such as jumping. This disease could lead to death but only when you have it in your mid thirties, or early teens. The possibility of getting this disease, is about 1 in 3,500, but only in , males because females can't get it. In the "MOLECULAR" level, stem cells are absent, and that's what causes this disease. Everyone in the world should know that there could be a cure, because doctors are doing stem cell research.

This is were I got my information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_muscular_dystrophy

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