this girls parents should be shot.....

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by BaylorBean

PWS is a genetic imprinting disease of the 15th chromosome. Inheriting a 15th chromosome with a deletion in a certain area from the father or both chromosomes from the mother causes PWS. Angelman's is the reverse of PWS (deleted chromosome from mother or both chromosomes from the father). It is a disease that has some pretty obvious characteristics that are caught quite early on in development.

So if this was PWS it would have been caught much earlier.

See, I get these 2 disorders mixed up!!! I guess when you are injecting rodents with recombinant DNA constructs, then anything can happen...

However, I do know parents of PWS and what they were telling me, they found out at 6 months. The food hoarding behavior starts when they can access the food, meaning they have some level of learning where the food is... That's why the parents have to lock up the food.

[BaylorBean]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

See, I get these 2 disorders mixed up!!! I guess when you are injecting rodents with recombinant DNA constructs, then anything can happen...

However, I do know parents of PWS and what they were telling me, they found out at 6 months. The food hoarding behavior starts when they can access the food, meaning they have some level of learning where the food is... That's why the parents have to lock up the food.

I always got them mixed up too. It really sucks when one of your profs is one of the leading researchers in the disease. (Really really sucks!)

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by BaylorBean

I always got them mixed up too. It really sucks when one of your profs is one of the leading researchers in the disease. (Really really sucks!)

That has to be worse than reading the textbook written by your professor. I can't imagine what I'd do if one of my professors started citing him/herself. Ugh.

[crimsondanger10]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

That has to be worse than reading the textbook written by your professor. I can't imagine what I'd do if one of my professors started citing him/herself. Ugh.

My sentiments exactly! In grad school, one of my professors wrote the textbook used for his class and it was awful. I got tired of hearing "for example." Those were the only words in the book. It was worthless and a waste of ~$100