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By Rachel See, on April 11th, 2013 Today we are pleased to present a guest post from Kyriaki, a friend from Down Under who we met online. What is it with articulate Australians advocating about ichthyosis online?
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I grew up with people judging me for my looks, especially in summer. Not just when I was older and judged by my peers, [...]
By Jennifer See, on November 1st, 2012 Most rare types of ichthyosis are recessive. Recessive genes are genes that requires two copies, one from each parent, in order to make them show up. A person with only one copy of a recessive gene is called a carrier, and would have the same appearance as someone with two copies of the dominant version [...]
By Jennifer See, on October 21st, 2012 La última semana, nos enteramos de algunas noticias acerca de ictiosis en un pueblo rural y montaña en México, Soledad Atzompa. Hay allí un increíble número de personas que se ven afectadas por ictiosis. Abunda la información al respecto y todos casos similares. Se informa similar situación en la comunidad de Nogales, a unos 14km [...]
By Jennifer See, on October 19th, 2012 Last week, we learned about several news articles about icthyosis in a tiny, rural mountain village in Mexico, Soledad Atzompa. There are an astounding number of affected people in a very small region. There are also several other articles regarding the situacion and all have similar information. There is more coverage about the town of [...]
By Rachel See, on September 28th, 2012 Two heartwarming stories about ichthyosis have been in the news recently. In the first, 5-year old Wyatt Daring had his cooling vest stolen, and, after both local and national media coverage, a cooling vest company is giving Wyatt a lifetime supply of vests. In the second, Komang, a 3-year old child in Indonesia, has received [...]
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