alii June 10, 1987

MEDICINE

‘Elephant Man' gene located

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have found the
approximate location of the gene that causes neurofibro-
matosis, the so-called Elephant Man disease,

“The significance of the finding for the disorder is
immense,” Dr. Allan Rubenstein, medical director of the
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation in New York,
said.

development of the human nervous system.”

Because neurofibromatosis patients are susceptible
to cancer of the nervous system, the findings “might have
important for cancer beyond
neurofibromatosis,” Seizinger said.

The researchers used a technique called gene
mapping to localize the gene to » narrow region of

“The pinpointing of the gene for
could lead to a medical treatment or possibly a cure for
this disease,” he said.

The importance of the findings could extend well
beyond neurofibromatosis patients and their families,
said one of the hi Dr. Bernd i of
Massachusetts General Hospital.

17, one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that
a human hereditary information.

Gene mapping involves collecting genetic material
from families with a disorder and marking the genes with
chemical signposts called DNA probes.

These signposts allow researchers to identify tiny
genetic regions that are inherited in the same pattern as

which p disfig
ment in Joseph Merrick, the 19th-century Londoner
known as the Elephant Man, occurs in one in 3,000 live
births.

It runs in families, but it also occurs spontaneously at “
a high rate in families without a history of the disease.

The disease, which usually appears at birth or in
infancy, can be very mild or quite severe. It is
characterized by benign lumps on the skin and nerve-cell
tumors called neurofibromas, which can occur anywhere
on the skin or inside the body.

‘These turmos can cause disfigurement, deformity of
the spine, and deaf upon where
they occur.

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TOO ALLERGIC TO WORK

Woman to get welfare

LONDON, ONT. (CP) —
womar/has won the right to
Gblect scist assistance ben-
efits because she's too aller-
gic to the environment to
work for a living.

Lawyer Gord Cudmore
said an Ontario social assis
tance review board has ruled
his client, Linda Mae
Whitlock, is unemployable
because she suffers from
what's commonly known as
20th century disease.

Her disorder, a type of en

He said he knows of no
other cases in Canada where
a person with the disease has
been given such benefits.
Whitlock, a 45-year-old
mother of two and a former
elementary school teacher,
had mixed reactions to the
review board's decision.
“It’s a victory because it
means they are recognizing
the illness, but it makes me
very sad because I'd like to
go back to teaching.”
Whitlock once saw her

ir 1 hyper:
ty, makes the London woman
allergic to almost everything
around her, including the air
in most workplaces, Cudmore
said.

as unique but said
her doctor has assured her
thousands of other Canadians
have it in varying degrees —
some far more severe than
her condition.

Scanner sheds
light on crime

TORONTO (CP) — A new
scanning device that allows
medical researchers to view
the structure and function of
the brain is shedding light on
violent criminal behavior and
cqeaine and alcohol abuse, a
Texas psychiatrist said.

A study using positron
emission tomography to scan
the .brains of six repeat
offenders who committed vio-
lent and irrational crimes
showed they had brain de-
fects treatable with medica-
tion, Nora Volkow told a
news conference at the re-
cent annual meeting of the
Society of Nuclear Medicine.

Eight to 15 per cent of
violent prisoners commit
completely irrational crimes,
but account for half of the
violent crimes because they
are usually repeat offenders,
said Volkow, of the Univer.
sity of Texas Health Science
Centre in Houston.

Two of the six offenders
had brain defects similar to
those found in epileptics and
were treated with anti-con:
vulsive medication, usually
prescribed to prevent epilep:
tic seizures, she said

They have been free of
violent behavior for the 18
months they have taken
medication, Volkow said.

‘The scanning device allows
researchers to study neur
ological disorders in people.
Previously, such research
could only be done on animals
and cadavers.

The other four violent
offenders had other brain
disorders and were treated
with different drugs, inclu
ding tranquilizers, although
two have not responded to
treatment, Volkow said.

She said brain scans show
ed abnormal function in sev.
eral different parts of the
criminals’ brains.

“That tells you that violent
behavior can be facilitated by

. many brain areas.”

Volkow also said the scan
ning device was used in a
study that shows chronic
cocaine use causes brain
damage.

A study examining blood
flow in the brains of 24 people
who used at least four grams
of cocaine a week for six
months or more found small
hemorrhages and restricted
blood vessels, she said.

“Cocaine was believed to
be sort of innocuous because
it does not produce with
drawal like heroin,” she said,
adding it is now proving toxic
to a number of organs,
including the brain.

Although she has suffered
from the disorder for years,
her condition has become
more severe in the last three
years, she said. She's allergic
to many foods, dust, pollen,
chlorine, smoke, perfume,
exhaust fumes, most chemi-
cals and food perservatives.

She said she felt tired and
dizzy all the time, her ears
were ringing and she became
irritable and tearful.

“T couldn't think. I couldn't
focus. I felt like I was float-
ing.”

In January 1986, Whitlock
and her husband separated.

Unable to continue her
teaching career, she tried
supporting herself and her
sons on what her husband
gave her, as well as what she
could earn by giving private
piano lessons in her home.

She couldn't afford the air-
and water-cleaning equip-
ment or the special diet she
and her children require, she
said. Her children also suffer
allergies, although not to the
same degree as she does.

The Ontario Social Ser
vices Ministry refused in the
fall of 1986 to recognize that
her disease made it impos.
sible for her to work.

FIGHTS BATTLE

Whitlock also had to fight
an uphill battle with the
medical review board, Cud.
more said. It was suggested
her problem was in her head.

After one doctor diagnosed
her problem as “old age,”
Whitlock found another
doctor who specialized in en-

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vironmental allergies, and he
confirmed her problem was
20th Century disease.

The doctor said the con-
dition need not be perman.
ently disabling if she makes
major changes in her life.
style,such as taking medica
tion and staying away from
places where there are
smoke and perfumes.

He recommended she buy
air and water purifiers, even
a special vacuum cleaner, and
to eat only organically grown
foods that contain no chemi.
cals.

Controlling stress is an im
portant factor in dealing with
the ' disease.

Although she has been de
clared permanently unem-
ployable, her lawyer said the
next step is to get the min-
istry to pay for her special
diet and other needs.

Counsellors
deliver
programs

EDMONTON (CP) — Add-
iction counsellors in British
Columbia say they've got a
winning formula by involving
the entire native community
in the treatment process.

Program director Vincent
Joseph of Prince George said
counsellors developed a mo-
bile team last year to help
natives who reverted to drug
and alcohol use after leaving
a treatment centre.

“We deliver programs that
meet the needs of the people
rather than having the peo-
ple come to a residential
treatment program where
there's a standard treat.
ment,” Joseph said.

At the request of chief and
council, a team moves
through the community for
30 days.

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Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Transportation and Highways

HIGHWAYS - TENDERS

Electoral District: Rossland/Trail

Highway District: Rossland

Project or Job Number: J-3211

Project or Job Description: Recap paving of sec
tions of miscellaneous roads in Raspberry,
Robson and Pass Creek Roads, plus 500
cubic metres of coldmix asphalt

Tender Opening Date/Time: June 26, 1987 at
4:00 p.m.

Surety Bid Bond or Certified Deposit Cheque is
not required.

Tender documents with. envelope, plans
specifications and conditions of tender are
available free of charge ONLY from Rossland
Highways District Office, 2288 Columbia
Avenue, Rossland, British Columbia between the
hours of 8:30 and 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday,
except Holidays

Phone number of originating office: (604) 362-
7331

Tenders will be opened at Rossland Highways
District Office, 2288 Columbia Avenue,
Rossland, British Columbio

D.L. OLIVER
District Highways Manager
Ministry Official

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Ministry of Transportation and Highways

HIGHWAYS - TENDERS

Electoral District: Rossland/Trail

Highway District: Rossland

Project or Job Number: J-3210

Project or Job Description: Recap paving of
miscellaneous sections of Highway No. 3
No. 3B, miscellaneous roads Genelle, Red
Mountain Road, Rossland Courthouse
Parking Lot, plus asphalt curbing on High
way No. 3 and No. 3)

Tender Opening Date/Time: June 26, 1987 at
4:00 p.m

Surety Bid Bond or Certified Deposit Cheque is
not required. Tender documents with envelope
plans, specifications and conditions of tender
are available tree of charge ONLY from Rossland
Highwoys District Office, 2288 Columbia
Avenue, Rossland, British Columbia between the
hours of 8:30 and 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday
except holidays. Phone number of originating
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Tenders will be opened at Rossland Highwoys
District Office, 2288 Columbia Avenue
Rossland, British Columbia

D.L. OLIVER
District Highways Manager
Ministry Official