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City &: Nation
Tuesday • January 23,
news
BRIEFS
Professors examine DNA
chains linked to diseases
First Lady to answer
Whitewater questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Put on
the defensive by Whitewater disclo
sures, Hillary Rodham Clinton of
fered Monday to supply written an
swers to questions from the Senate
Whitewater Committee.
"Mrs. Clinton has responded" to
the committee's written questions in
the past and "she is certainly willing
to do so again in an effort to bring
your inquiry to a conclusion,"
David Kendall, the Clintons' White-
water lawyer, said in a letter to Sen.
Alfonse D'Amato.
In reply, D'Amato said the panel
"looks forward to hearing Clinton's
responses," but only after investiga
tors gather more evidence. They
want electronic mail generated at
the White House on Whitewater, for
example, and documents on Clin
ton's work for the savings and loan
owned by her Whitewater partner.
□ A research team is looking for
the genetic cause of myotonic
dystrophy and fragile-X syndrome.
By Eleanor Colvin
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seems individual to humans only, and we wantto
know why.
“We hope by understanding the cause we
design strategies to prevent its occurrence.”
Sinden said the research partnership will in
crease resources and positively influence results,
'Roe' speaks at
antiabortion rally
DALLAS (AP) — Several hundred
abortion opponents gathered in a
drizzly mist here Monday to observe
the 23rd anniversary of the land
mark Supreme Court decision on
abortion and to forgive the woman
who made it all possible.
Umbrellas and posters dotted the
crowd during the two-hour rally at
City Hall that ended with a poem
read by Norma McCorvey, the
"Jane Roe" of the landmark Roe vs.
Wade decision.
McCorvey, who now volun
teers for Operation Rescue in Dal
las, stunned the abortion rights
movement by announcing last
year that she opposed abortion in
certain instances.
Two Texas A&M professors are conducting
DNA research that could lead to the prevention of
certain hereditary human diseases.
Dr. Robert Wells, director of the Center for
Genome Research at the Texas A&M Institute of
Biosciences and Technology in Houston, and Dr.
Richard Sinden, an associate biochemistry/bio
physics professor, are part of a research team that
received a $2.6 million grant last semester to study
DNA disorders that influence mental retardation.
The A&M professors will work with re
searchers from Baylor College of Medicine and
the University of Texas Medical Center at Galve
ston on the five-year DNA project funded by the
National Institute of Health.
The researchers are looking for the
genetic cause of unstable DNA chains
linked to at least 12 diseases.
The team will attempt to pre
vent the genetic passage of
these chains, since the dis
eases they cause worsen as
they are passed from one
generation to the next.
DNA chains are
composed of three-
base sequences.
Continuous repetition
of certain base patterns is
abnormal and results in dis
eases such as myotonic dystro
phy, Huntington’s disease and
fragile-X syndrome, the second lead
ing cause of Down’s syndrome.
All of these diseases are hereditary,
and most are characterized by mental retar
dation and loss of muscle control.
“These DNA strands are a type of mutation that
had never been seen before 1991,” Sinden said. “It
"These DNA strands are a type of
mutation that had never been seen
before 1991
— Dr. Richard Shin
associate biochemistry! biophysicsproftm
“As a group, we can address issues better thai
individuals could,” he said. “The DNA expertise
that our (A&M) labs have can be better utilized
with access to facilities at Baylor and the media
center,” Sinden said.
Wells, the research team leader, said in an A®
ciation of Former Students newsletter that themor
ey awarded for this project was invested wisely.
“The researchers are focusing on critical issues
pertaining to devastating neuromuscular andneu
rodegenerative diseases,” he said.
Dr. David Nelson, an associate professor of mole
cular and human genetics at Baylor Collegee:
Medicine, studies the causes of DNA instabili
ty, particularly fragile-X syndrome.
Understanding the basis of thes
disorders is important for the entire
field of genetics,” Nelson said, ‘fve
worked with fragile-X since
1989. It was the first of thesi
diseases to be identified
and occurs frequently.’
Nelson said his goals go
beyond finding cures; he
hopes to generate further ques
tions and research topics.
"I would love to use this research
constructively to find a drug to stop
the passage of genetic diseases,”he
said. "However, I think in terms of evoh
tionary parameters. What are some of the
other consequences affecting humans and
higher primates?”
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