LETTERS
Are you aware of any dwarf children who are available for adoption, or a baby-yet-to-be-born to parents who have discovered they will have a dwarf child and wish to put the child up for adoption? We have completed our home study and are looking for a dwarf child, boy or girl, newborn to age 8. We are both little people (dwarfs) and feel we have much to offer a dwarf child. We are eager to provide a loving home for a short-stature son or daughter. Our home study was conducted by Mary Wood of Rainbow Adoption Services - Council of 3 Rivers American Indian Center, Inc. in Dorseyville, PA. The agency phone # is 412/782-4457 and their fax # is 412/767-4808.
Robert & Terri Kirby
rntkirby@aol.com
Has any more work been done on "Advertising
Aphrodisiacs" that appeared in
your first issue? The Internet article refers to a series of articles. I am
very interested in the topic and was hoping to pursue it this fall.
Prof. William G. Christ
Department of Communication
Trinity University, USA
Wchrist@trinity.edu
I do enjoy reading The Ambassadors Magazine.
Dr. Emad Massoud, MB, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Dalhousie University, Canada
EMassoud@tupdean2.med.dal.ca
I have visited "The Ambassadors" website and I found that articles published there very informative and useful in their coverage of a side variety of international topics.
Dr. Mary L. Powell, PhD
Department of Anthropology
University of Kentucky, USA
mpowell@pop.uky.edu
I had received a request from a person for more info about my article on Charles Dickens. She found it on The Ambassadors web site. I searched the issues of The Ambassador and could not find it! It is hidden away somewhere. I thought at the time how it would be to have an index of previous articles and writers that would take one directly to the issue and even page. How about that?
Dr. Carl Abbott, MD, FRCP(C), FACP
Dalhousie University, Canada
Carl.Abbott@cdha.nshealth.ca
I went through the article on community Genetics part III. It is well written and I appreciate.
Sundra
India
tssundri@vsnl.com
I remember that you had a write-up about me in an earlier issue. Wanted readers to be updated on developments since that article. The Chromosomal Variation in Man Online database is now publicly accessible at www.wiley.com/borgaonkar . My collaborator is Dr. John Hardy, Ph.D. who is well known in the area of neurogenetics and is interested in collaborating with scientists, neurologists, physicians who may have access to patient(s)/families with neurologic disorders for further genetic studies.
Prof. Digamber S. Borgaonkar, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurogenetics,
NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
borgaonk@mail.nih.gov
My research group, based in London, U.K., is primarily concerned with understanding the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular the hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs). In a study performed in collaboration with Prof Victor McKusick, my group has recently identified the gene for Troyer syndrome, which as you know is a recessive form of HSP that occurs with high frequency amongst the Amish in the U.S. This finding is proving of great importance as it appears to have revealed a new mechanism that may be responsible for a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases. A number of Troyer-like conditions have been published over the years. All colleagues who have patients with Troyer Syndrome, please contact me.
Dr. A. Crosby
Senior Lecturer in Medical Genetics
St. George's Hospital Medical School
London, England
acrosby@sghms.ac.uk
I am sending you from the largest NGO's in the Middle East, with headquarters in Cairo, Egypt known for its so many social /community/and medical programs. Recently, our society has received a generous contribution, an 8-acres of land in Ahmad Orabi community. We are also researching how we can construct a project for the mentally handicapped and youth with special needs. Where and how can we find technical support?
A Baha Dajani
bdajani@gega.net
I have one question about genetics. I would like to know more about cousin marriages and the effect on offsprings.
Damir KoVaCiC
damir_mh@yahoo.com
I am interested to know about alternative treatments for children with Down Syndrome.
Mladen Erakovič
mladen.er@volja.net
My research group, based in London, U.K., is primarily concerned with understanding the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular the hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs). In a study performed in collaboration with Prof
Victor McKusick, my group has recently identified the gene for Troyer syndrome, which as you know is a recessive form of HSP that occurs with high frequency amongst the Amish in the U.S. This finding is proving of great importance as it appears to have revealed a new mechanism that may be responsible for a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases. A number of Troyer-like conditions have been published over the years. All colleagues who have patients with Troyer Syndrome, please contact me.Dr. A. Crosby
Senior Lecturer in Medical Genetics
St. George's Hospital Medical School
London, England
acrosby@sghms.ac.uk
Could anyone help me. I need some written information in Arabic about PKU, since we just found a new PKU child from Iraq here in Denmark. Please fax me any data at: 45 43 43 11 30.
Kirsten Kiaer Ahring
Clinical dietitian, RD.
John F. Kennedy Instituttet
Gl. Landevej 7
2600 Glostrup
DENMARK
kka@kennedy.dk
I am a student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and applying for a Fulbright Grant to do research in Egypt with people who have mental retardation. Do you mind assisting me and providing me with more information on this matter as well as copies of studies in this field?
Carolin Adel Girgis
California, USA
cgirgis@msn.com
I live in Argentina. I have been married for 3 years and can't have children yet. My karyotyope showed an inversion: 46XY, INV(9) (p11;q13). Can people of this inversion have children?
Anonymous
Argentina
I am a medical student. I want to pursue my studies in North America for MBBCH degree. If you have any advice or information, please contact me.
Ahmad Bilal Arif
Pakistan
mrahmad67@hotmail.com
I am interested in accessing the database on Arab genetic diseases, however, the website www.agddb.org is not available. Please let me know how I can access the database.
Dr. Ahmed H Hassan Al-Marzouqi
ahmedh@uaeu.ac.ae
I am interested in 'Population screening and biochemical genetics' its concept , theory and its application ..etc. Please supply me with recent key references.
Dr. Salma Harasi
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
salmaharasi@hotmail.com
'The Way to Happiness Foundation' in Los Angeles is working to make the world a better place by spreading a booklet by the name 'The Way To Happiness' around the world in places where moral values are in danger, and where drugs, violence, crime or war are making it hard for honest people to live.
The booklet was written by the American author L. Ron Hubbard in 1981. It was translated into 38 languages, and distributed already in 59,000,000 copies all over the world. It is written for any person from any nation, faith or religion. It is printed through donations from people who care.
Laila Kurdi
The Association for Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East
Tel-Aviv, Israel
happypal@netvision.net.il
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR
To HE Prof. M. Awad Taag Eldin, Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population: I would like to congratulate your staff for their excellent work done in the new community genetic counseling clinics. During my last visit in October 2002 to both Um El Atibae Hospital in Giza and Samouha Clinic in Alexandria I noticed the tremendous effort done by their staff. The genetic counseling course organized by the MOHP and Prof. Suzanne Rushdi, was held in her non-profit organization headquarters was a unique one indeed. I enjoyed hearing and meeting her with Prof. Samia Kotb, Asma Kholeif, Bayoumy Ghareeb, Hisham Kandeel, and Rasha El-Kharadly. Special thanks to Dr. Ibrahim El-Nekhely and his colleagues Dr. Randa Kamal and Ahmad El-Gamal for their efforts in organizing these meetings.
Condolences: As the 50th anniversary of graduation of the first class from Ain Shams Medical College (Cairo, Egypt) is underway, I was saddened to learn of the passing of three sincere classmates. Prof. Fawzi Gadalla (Al-Azhar University), HE Prof. Maher Mahran (Former Minister of Population, Egypt) and Dr. Sayed Nasr (Sabah Hospital, Kuwait). My condolences to their grieving families, students, patients and friends.
Dr. Talaat I. Farag
