What codon 129 does
Dr. Brian Appleby posted an interesting blog this morning about genetic susceptibility to kuru. I thought it was interesting to learn more about what codon 129 is responsible for since wee see this on our NPDPSC autopsy paperwork. As someone who lost a mother at age 56 to fCJD, I thought it was interesting to learn that codon 129 affects age of onset of the disease. I’ll have to find my mom’s paperwork, because I can’t remember what she was on codon 129.
About Heather Larson and the CureCJD Blog
My name is Heather Larson, and I live in Wichita, Kansas. My mother, uncle, and their uncle have all died of fCJD, mutation e200K. My mission is to use the Internet to raise awareness of CJD and to connect people who are interested in finding a cure for CJD. The biggest mission of all is to help find the cure in any way possible! Feel free to contact me, leave comments, and follow on twitter.com/heatherlarson.
You can also email me at hotwords [at] mac [dot] com.
More about me:
I finished my undergrad degree work at Boston University (online) in March of 2010 and graduated in May 2010. I am currently working as a morning radio personality at Power 93.9 in Wichita as one half of “Hitman and Heather in the Morning” on KDGS. My passions include music of all genres, yoga, writing and finding a cure for CJD. I was raised in both the Bay Area and Scottsdale. A career broadcaster, I’ve been in radio since 1998 and also work in online formats creating content. My latest adventure is writing about social good for HalogenTV.com.
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