QUEST
Volume 13, Number 6,
November/December 2006

COVER

• Now There Are Three
  You saw David and Kathy Von Hatten's wedding on the cover of Quest in January-February 2004. Now they're parents of a beautiful son. Read David's thoughts on fatherhood in "From Where I Sit." Photo by Kathy Von Hatten
  
  
  

   

FEATURES

• 2006 Telethon Highlights
  
  
• Go, Spartan!
  MDA's 2007 National Personal Achievement Award recipient has a competitive spirit.
  
  
• Kids At Play
  How one community created an accessible playground, and how kids of all abilities can play together.
  
  
• Blogs - Telling Your Story
  
  
• Special Needs Trusts
  
  
• Holiday Season - Toys & Traditions
  
  
• To Register or Not?
  Joining a research registry on your disease can help researchers, and you.
  
  
• ERA Real Estate - 30 Years on MDA's Team
  
  

• A Teacher Finds His Calling
  
  
• MDA Matters
  
  
• Connections -
  Meet Ryan Walsh
  
  
• Quest Extra -
  
  • Special Needs Trust
    Q & A
    
  • Community Living Supports Given Federal Boost
    
    
• As the Wheel Turns -
  Medical Exam Tables
  
  
• Books
  
  
• To Boldly Go -
  Bed and Breakfasts
  
  
• Rolling With Laughter
  
  

• Two Lines of Myotonic Dystrophy Research Bear Fruit
  • Replacing Disabled MBNL1
  • Targeting Toxic RNA
• New SMA Gene Mapped
• Compound Reverses Gene Flaw in Cells With Friedreich's Ataxia
• Scientists Determine Effects of Nemaline Myopathy Mutation
• Finding May Add New Cause of Centronuclear Myopathy
• Clinical Trials and Studies
  • Moving Ahead in Myasthenias
    • Value of Thymectomy in MG Being Tested
    • New Myasthenia Drug Under Study
    • Sleep Apnea in MG Can Lead to Overmedication
  • LGMD Gene Transfer Trial Slated for Next Year
  • Studies and Trials Target Myositis
  • 'Unapparent' Conditions Are Subject of Study