by Peter Ciszewski | Apr 1, 2021
Chandler Crews, a young adult with achondroplasia, explains the condition and her bone lengthening surgery. Achondroplasia is a skeletal dysplasia characterized by the failure of normal conversion of cartilage into bone, most notably in longer bones, which...
by Peter Ciszewski | Apr 1, 2021
Stacy Pokorny, a mother of a young girl with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), gives advice to parents of children who have recently been diagnosed with the disease. SMA is a rare inherited neuromuscular disorder caused by an inadequate level of the survivor...
by Peter Ciszewski | Mar 31, 2021
Jonathan Hill talks about his graphic novel “Blood of the Paladin”, a semi-autobiographical story about a teenager with hemophilia A. Hemophilia A is a genetic bleeding disorder due to missing or defective clotting protein, factor VIII. Symptoms are dependent...
by Peter Ciszewski | Mar 31, 2021
Sarah Boyce, President and CEO of Avidity Biosciences, describes the common diagnostic process of an individual with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). FSHD is a rare, progressive musculoskeletal disease in which persons initially lose muscle...
by Peter Ciszewski | Mar 31, 2021
Lawrence S. Kirschner, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and Director, CAMELOT (Cancer Research Training and Education), OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses treatment options for acromegaly. Acromegaly...
