After retiring from a gunpowder manufacturing firm, Tom began to fine-tune his woodcrafting skills. Using a chainsaw, bandsaw, and a lathe and disc sander, he has crafted thousands of bowls, vases, lamps and platters from hunks of wood. Tom uses wood from oak, maple, cherry and other local trees, and even has used wood he brought home from a trip to Australia. Tom exhibits his work at two major shows a year in Delaware.
Nancy enjoys painting seascapes and portraits, and prefers working in pastels. This artwork is a painting of her son at age 2. Nancy’s work has appeared in several juried shows and galleries in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Her work was featured in an exclusive exhibit at the Groton Public Library in 1998.
Jennifer worked in photography for many years and then turned to creating artwork using various media. Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous shows in Colorado and Nebraska, and she has works in private collections.
Amber created this artwork at age 15. She graduated from Soldotna High School on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Amber is a former MDA State Goodwill Ambassador, and she received the 1994 MDA Personal Achievement Award for Alaska.
When a medical emergency strikes — and the patient is a person with a neuromuscular disease— it’s not just getting to the emergency room quickly that’s critical. It’s also critical to ensure the ER staff understands the patient’s special needs caused by muscle disease.
Antisense oligonucleotides — also called antisense, oligos, or simply AONs— are pieces of genetic code that keep other genetic code from being processed. Designed to pair up with a particular sequence of DNA or RNA, AONs can change, block or destroy targeted genetic instructions in a variety of ways.