Designer baby Jodie leaves hospital By Nigel Gould 19 July 2005 She may be only four days old – but little Jodie Fletcher is already a history-maker. And this is the first picture of the babe-in-arms since leaving the Royal’s maternity unit in Belfast for her new home in Moira. Tiny Jodie is everything Julie…
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Leigh-Anne Porter writes about Andy
During my experience as a speech language pathologist intern at Emerson College, I learned a tremendous amount about the assessment and treatment of speech and language disorders of both children and adults from expert clinicians and professors. However, I think one of my best teachers was Andy. Andy taught me a lot about courage, determination,…
Dr. Geha finds TACI gene
Its official, Dr. Geha and his team of Immunologists at Children’s Hospital Boston found the genetic roots of another immune deficiency. The gene is called TACI and its related to IgA deficiency. Children with TACI have low levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA), immunoglobulin G (IgG) or both. Dr. Geha is Andy’s doctor. TACI/IgA deficiency affects…
Research backs ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ treatment of disease @ Boston Globe
Research backs ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ treatment of disease Early detection called key to effectiveness By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff | July 12, 2005 New research offers scientific vindication for the parents whose fight to save their ailing son inspired the 1992 movie ”Lorenzo’s Oil.” It comes too late to help the real-life Lorenzo, who is nearly…
Weird parenting news from Mexico
Mexican woman gives birth to 6 girls Associated Press Jul. 6, 2005 02:30 PM MEXICO CITY – A woman in northern Mexico has given birth to six girls and all are doing well, her doctor said Wednesday. Joana Elizabeth Sanchez, 25, gave birth by Caesarean section on Monday to babies that weighed between 2 pounds…
SCHOLAR section @ andy.org.mx
SCHOLAR – A person who posesses a great deal of knowledge, usually an academic who specializes in a particular subject area. What is it? I do a RSS read via PubMed with the authors name and publish it on andy.org.mx New Scholar Dr. David Baltimore Other Scholars I’m keeping track of: I’m currently keeping track…
Baltimore gives genetic disease the finger @ Wired
Giving Genetic Disease the Finger By Sam Jaffe Scientists are closing in on techniques that could let them safely repair almost any defective gene in a patient, opening the door for the first time to treatments for a range of genetic disorders that are now considered incurable. The breakthrough, announced in the journal Nature in…
Isidro & Rosita Treviño
Abuelo Victor emailed this picture of his grandparents today. This is a picture of Isidro and Rosita Treviño’s wedding. The wedding took place in Monterrey, Mexico in 1916. My great grandparents, Andy & Sofia’s great-great grandparents:
Keith Lockhart
Keith Lockhart Conductor of the Boston Pops “To Andy.. Get well and come home soon!” Contribution of Roberta Whalen. More autographs here.
Creating a life to save two others @ The Enterprise
A story of a Bridgewater, MA. family thinking about PGD to cure twin girls of thalassemia, treated at Children’s Hospital Boston. Some of my comments in the middle of the article in CAPS below. Creating a life to save two others By Jean Porrazzo, Enterprise staff writer … The technology is there to screen embryos…