Entries from February 2007

February 21, 2007

One man’s journey for CdLS

Through the years, people have gone to great lengths to support the Foundation—but none have gone quite as far as Jim Schiwal.
Jim is hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, from his home state of Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, to raise money for CdLS.
His inspiration is six-year-old Alley Grubb (in photo with Jim), a little girl [...]

February 9, 2007

Study Says “Good Job!”

In the January-February issue of Reaching Out, there is news of a study - Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: Parental Preferences Regarding the Provision of Medical Information - recently published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. The study was authored by Dr. Alex Levin, the Medical Director for the CdLS-World Scientific Advisory Council, and Deborah Hinkson, a genetic [...]