Typically, it is not my style to discuss science-y medical stuff here at DIT. However, my heart leaped when I read this article: Most Common Type Of Muscular Dystrophy May Be Caused By Toxic Molecule

In high school I had a very close friend, Tommy, who had muscular dystrophy. His humor and his spiritual resilience taught me many things. He was such an inspiration that I along with a large group of my friends became actively involved in our local Muscular Dystrophy Association. We were summer camp counselors and volunteers for our local telethon. Unfortunately, Tommy’s health began to fail early in our senior year (his goal was to make it to graduation). Although he was unable to attend, he graduated. A month later this horrible illness took him.

So it is remembering Tommy that I think that tt would be wonderful if the researchers’ new discovery results in a treatment to suppress the toxin. It may not be a cure, but hopefully it would be able to reduce the disability and prolong the lives of individuals with this most common type of MD.

As Labor Day fast approaches, please remember the folks with MD. The telethon may be cheesy, but the cause is worthy. In all reality, the money raised there has probably helped fund the research leading up to this discovery and possible this research as well.