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PARENTS LOBBY MP'S FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY FUNDING.
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Ulster Star (Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
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July 1, 2008
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ANOTHER local couple have added their voice to the desperate cry for a successful Muscular Dystrophy treatment after their toddler son was found to be suffering from the invariably fatal disease.
Carter Dalzell (3) travelled with his parents Julie and Noel from Dromara, to London last week to join a parliamentary lobby involving a large number of sufferers and their families. Its aim was to persuade MP's to set aside [pounds sterling]30millions for research into the condition.
Like Hillsborough couple Tracy and William McCausland whose little boy Sam (2) also suffers from Muscular Dystrophy, they were devastated to realise their son faced such an uncertain future.
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muscular dystrophy
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;
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......Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 muscular dystrophy, a group of inherited diseases. They...of nerve tissue. In all forms of muscular dystrophy there is a slow loss of strength...reduce deformity. See also Becker's muscular dystrophy, distal muscular dystrophy, ...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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'I don't 'do' grumpy. The only thing I miss is dancing' echo2 your health...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);
February 14, 2008 ;
787 words
......Cardiff Bay, was in the early stages of muscular dystrophy when she was at Aman Valley Comprehensive...doctors confirmed she had limb girdle muscular dystrophy, which means her arms and legs are...but further tests showed he had muscular dystrophy. I had been playing netball until...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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Fed: Cure for muscular dystrophy near
AAP General News (Australia);
February 22, 2001 ;
391 words
......Australia) 02-22-2001 Fed: Cure for muscular dystrophy near By Rada Rouse, National Medical...a cure for the genetic condition muscular dystrophy, but parents and carers are warned...Struk, executive director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association which funded much of...
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British say cause found for muscular dystrophy
Chicago Sun-Times;
May 4, 1989 ;
310 words
......culprit responsible for most cases of muscular dystrophy. They predicted cautiously that the...defective in dystrophy patients. Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases...found the gene that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood type of...
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REP. ENGEL BILL TO FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PASSES IN HOUSE & SENATE, NOW...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 27, 2008 ;
441 words
......expand and intensify research to cure muscular dystrophy passed the full House on Saturday...The bill, the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and...to find a cure for this disease. Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease which results...
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REP. ENGEL BILL TO FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PASSES IN HOUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 24, 2008 ;
418 words
......expand and intensify research to cure muscular dystrophy passed the full House Wednesday by...as the Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers. Every...dystrophies, especially Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD). Sen. Wellstone, who died in...
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Researchers cure mice of form of muscular dystrophy. (Originated from...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
August 18, 1993 ;
Ross-Flanigan, Nancy;
540 words
......Jerry Lewis _ head cheerleader for muscular dystrophy research _ and the researcher is...cured a mouse version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common childhood form of...Lewis Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Chamberlain's team did...
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SEN. COLEMAN URGES PASSAGE OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY LEGISLATION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 16, 2008 ;
338 words
......Continuing his fight against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Senator Norm Coleman today spoke at a Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy press conference urging the passage of the Paul Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research...
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SENS. KLOBUCHAR, ISAKSON INTRODUCE PAUL D. WELLSTONE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 8, 2008 ;
477 words
......introduced the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and...six "centers of excellence'' for muscular dystrophy research at leading universities...of excellence as Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers. "Finding...
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 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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FAMILY'S EVERYDAY LIFE A LESSON IN COURAGE ; With children suffering from...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
October 10, 2004 ;
SELENA RICKS Staff Writer;
787 words
......COURAGE ; With children suffering from muscular dystrophy and diabetes, Brian and Alice Denger...Final Section: Maine Life Memo: MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY FOR MORE information about muscular dystrophy, visit www.mdausa.org or call the...
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Patient backing sponsored ride ; A muscular dystrophy patient and...
Plymouth Evening Herald, The;
September 1, 2008 ;
DIANA PRINCE Health Reporter;
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...A muscular dystrophy patient and campaigner is urging...which raises vital funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign South West. Her husband...is campaigning for improved muscular dystrophy in the South West. She said...
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NEW ATTACK READIED ON MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY INJECTING HEALTHY GENES IN HUMANS...
The Boston Globe;
July 24, 1989 ;
Richard Saltus, Globe Staff;
787 words
......researchers discovered the gene that causes muscular dystrophy two years ago, it marked the first...to slow the relentless course of muscular dystrophy. In a bold strategy that researchers...extend the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy and similar diseases. "It's a very...
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REP. SMITH SUPPORTS LEGISLATION TO ADVANCE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH,...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 6, 2008 ;
648 words
......legislation, the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and...increased research and education for Muscular Dystrophy. "The federal government needs to...for six "centers of excellence" for muscular dystrophy research and the MD Coordinating...
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Rep. Engel Introduces Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 12, 2008 ;
787 words
......introduced the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and...with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal...legislation follows:Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and...
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