LGMD

Posted by Abdullah Jeffers in Science And Society - Best - E on

Science
Limb Girdle Muscular dystrophy affects one shoulder and hips. It makes those area weaker. The disease is a genetic one with over 30 variations. There are some dominant genes and receive genes. This means that people with the genes can pass them on to their offspring. It makes it very hard to walk and complete simple task. Many people are bound to wheelchairs.

Society

There are Genetic screening one can do to see if they have it. Another hing is that if one has trouble standing on the tip of their toes they should maybe ask  doctor.

Self

My grandpa has ALS another type of muscle disease.
Also I learned and thought about LGMD for a scholarship.
Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
This is a genetic disease

  • Caused by mutations on various genes

  • This leads to over 30 variations of LGMD

  • Very prominent in family with a dominant LGMD gene

  • If a parent has a dominant gene there is a 50% chance it will spread to the children

  • This is a genetic disease

  • Caused by mutations on various genes

  • This leads to over 30 variations of LGMD

  • Very prominent in family with a dominant LGMD gene

  • If a parent has a dominant gene there is a 50% chance it will spread to the children



https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FzW8nGwlxYkchb8vbVa2bRL_c9ACdBsgLnklGOBiw4Y/edit#slide=id.g111d3b436f_0_0

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