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Industrious Dad Finds the Genetic Culprit To His Daughters Mysterious Disease

Posted by samzenpus on from the doing-your-own-research dept.

First time accepted submitter bmahersciwriter writes "Hugh Rienhoff has searched for more than a decade for the cause of a mysterious constellation of clinical features in his daugther Bea: skinny legs, curled fingers and always the specter that she might have a high risk of cardiovascular complications. He even bought second hand lab equipment to prepare some of her genes for sequencing in his basement. Now, he has an answer."

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  1. industrious dad by crossmr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who happens to be a biotech entrepreneur...
    it's like saying
    charismatic dad leads hundreds of millions, when writing about obama.. let's not leave out key pieces of information here.

  2. The power of love by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    TFA may be filled with references to genetic sequencing and names of various names of genetic-mutations, such as "TGF-B" (sorry, /. can not display "beta")

    But at the base of it all, it was the love of the father for his daughter that led to the tireless search for answer, for almost a decade

    It's heartwarming, to say the least

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    1. Re:The power of love by Xeno+man · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What does it matter how much money the guy has? He was fortunate enough to have the skills, resources and dedication to do what he did. Think of all the parents that have a shit ton of money but are to stupid to do their own research or give up after a month because it's too hard.

      The world is not fair or equal but when someone is presented with an chance to do something and has the ability and resources to do so, that does not take away from what they did. All your comment does is highlight how jealous you are because he has money and you do not and he did something that you can never do.

    2. Re:The power of love by tibit · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The sequencing was done, according to the article, by a friendly company, not in his basement, and it was done for free. I don't think money played a huge role. His connections and education did, for sure.

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  3. Father of the Year by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why don't they give Father of the Year awards to people like this? instead of:

    So it’s fitting that retired defence chief Angus Houston today joined the ranks of famous Aussie dads like TV personality David Koch, sportsman Steve Waugh, politician and illegal invader of iraq leaving thousands of kids fatherless former PM John Howard to be named as 2011’s Father of the Year and tv personality Steve Vizard.

  4. Re: Fluoride? by jd2112 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    searching for vaccines and autism turns up a lot of hits too. Despite being debunked multiple times.

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