Little Fire Burning (Ch. 85: Till death do us part *23.Apr 16*)
fraroc:
I'm not saying that Stem Cells can DEFINATLY cure DMD, But It is a theory that the stem cells can grow back any muscle that has been corroded by the DMD. And also, can't girls get DMD under a genetic mutation?
Katie:
No a genetic mutation form of DMD can't be caused in girls- or maybe if one parent carries/has it/becker? Hmm... I'd actually have to look into that.
Aquarius:
Stem cells seem too easy. If Raven ever cures Aidan it's probably gonna involve Lily in some way like how they're using Aidan to help Lily right now.
soulofthesea:
Quote from: OBretttterBO on August 15, 2010, 09:33:07 am
No a genetic mutation form of DMD can't be caused in girls- or maybe if one parent carries/has it/becker? Hmm... I'd actually have to look into that.
If I remember anything from biology, any man with DMD who wants to have kids biologically related to them is pretty much playing with high voltage. He doesn't know if his spouse is a carrier of DMD or not. After relearning how to make Punnett Squares, and making a few myself, I was quite in awe of the results. If the affected man and a carrier woman have kids, there's a 25% chance that they'll have an affected son or an affected daughter. But, if said man has kids with a non-carrier woman, then there's a 50% chance his daughters will be carriers, but his sons won't have the disease.
To answer your question, Katie, while DMD is more common in males, females can get the disease as well, but only if her father has the disease, which would be a pretty rare occurence.
Aquarius:
Ugh I hate Punnent Squares. They confused the heck out of me lol that whole genetics unit got me a C in Biology when I normally got A's and B's
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