Williams Syndrome Web Watch: Law cyclists raise over £22,000 for Williams Syndrome Foundation - Local Headlines

Law cyclists raise over £22,000 for Williams Syndrome Foundation - Local Headlines - Lanark Gazette:

A sponsored cycle round the Isle of Cumbrae, involving over 60 women from Law last month, raised a staggering £22,000.

Williams Syndrome

Identified more than 40 years ago, Williams syndrome occurs in an estimated one in 20,000 births worldwide. It arises from a faulty recombination event during the development of sperm or egg cells. As a result, almost invariably the same set of about 20 genes surrounding the gene for elastin is deleted from one copy of chromosome seven, catapulting the carrier of the deletion into a world where people make much more sense than objects do. Despite a myriad of health problems and a generally low IQ, people with Williams syndrome are loquacious, sociable, and very empathetic.

Williams Syndrome Web Watch

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Law cyclists raise over £22,000 for Williams Syndrome Foundation - Local Headlines - Lanark Gazette

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