LIFESTYLES

Breakthrougn gives
hope for victims of
muscular dystrophy

THIS YEAR'S Muscular
Dystrophy campaign, culminating
in the 22nd annual Jerry Lewis
Telethon Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. to Sept.
5 at 3:30 p.m., offers even more
hope than in years past.

Canadian researchers, Dr.
Stephen Wood of the University of
British Columbia among them,
have isolated the protein
“dystrophin? whose deficiency is
linked with the occurrence of
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Although there is enormous
work to be done before the curtain
is lifted on this complex disease, it
is an encouraging sign for B.C.
families who are affected by il,
such as the Bains of Squamish,
Hieberts of Port Coquitlam and
the Randalls of Kamloops.

Curtis Randall, #1, is repre-
senting fellow muscular dystrophy
sufferers during this year’s cam-
paign. Many motorists saw the
Randall family this summer, when
they undertook a_ motorcycle
cavalcade on B.C. highways.

Randall has Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy, one of 40 diseases of
the group which are characterized
by progressive weakening and
wasting of the muscles that contro}
body movement.

Some 20,000 Canadians suffer
from some form of Muscular
Dystrophy, which is generally in-

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Nicky Hiebert, Lt, of Port Co-
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scooter to get around. A French
{mmersion student and a whiz at
computer games, Hiebert travelled
to Ottawa last November to receive
Canada’s highest scouting honor
from Gov. Gen. Jeanne Sauve.

Money collected during the
Muscular Dystrophy campaign
goes to many things, including the
research conducted by the Toronto
and Montreal research teams that
isolated dystrophin this June.

UBC’s Wood, an assistant pro-
fessor of medical genetics, has
spent five years exploring the pat-
tern of incidence of Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy and develop-
ing pre-natal diagnosis and tech-
niques for the disease.

In 1987-88, $410,000 raised by
donation will be spent in B.C. on
client services and research pro-
jects.

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