Jeans for Genes Australia 2006
Wearing jeans today? (I know we’re all wearing our genes.) Today, August 4th, is Jeans for Genes Day in Australia. Jeans for Genes Day is a fundrasing effort for the Children’s Medical Research Institute.
Chances are you probably know someone who has a genetic disease, because one in twenty children are born with some form of genetic fault. There are children with leukaemia, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and many other disorders. The scientists at the Children’s Medical Research Institute are working to try to prevent these diseases before they occur in our children, or where that is not possible to develop better treatments.
You can make a donation via this secure online form.
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sarahcpwilliams.com » Jeans for Genes– Down Under
Aug 4, 2006 at 10:56 am
[…] I wear jeans almost every day, so this doesn’t take much effort for me, but this initiative caught my attention (on the Genetics and Health blog)because it’s in Australia, where my dad and brother are currently visiting my Aussie relatives, and it seems like a good cause (and a clever name!)… […]
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