Date of Award
Spring 3-1-1997
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This paper discusses what is Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T), and how this childhood disease could help scientists worldwide better understand more common diseases if more funding for A-T research were available. A-T originated as Louis Barr Syndrome, and the name changed as doctors noticed those patients had ataxia and telangiectasia. These same doctors also noticed that A-T happened frequently within families. Further research showed that A-T was on chromosome 11q23. The A-T gene is an important gene, and a better understanding of A-T will reveal many details of mechanisms involved in how common diseases progress.
Recommended Citation
Clancy, Megan, "Ataxia-Telangiectasia: The Hour Glass of Life" (1997). Undergraduate University Honors Capstones. 3.
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/honors_capstones/3
