Word: colton
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...sure how much the still developing art of "genetic counseling" will help mankind. Kenneth Swier, 39, is among those who can see some possible benefits-though not for himself. A tall, rawboned man who yearns to work, Swier has spent eight years in depressing idleness in Colton, S. Dak. (pop. 601). He suffers from spinal cerebellar degeneration, a hereditary nerve disease that will probably kill him before his 45th birthday. But it now appears that a remarkable piece of genetic sleuthing may save many of Swier's relatives from sharing his fate -and provide a technique for controlling other...
Fascinating Questions. Ken Swier's huge family includes 61 relatives living in or near the town of Colton. Until recently, most of them simply tried not to think about their susceptibility to the disease, which is now also killing Ken's brother Vernon, 35. But last summer, encouraged by a local chiropractor who had been treating them, some of the Swiers sought help from the National Genetics Foundation, which was formed in 1953, and now traces and helps treat about 2,000 known hereditary illnesses. The N.G.F. tackled some fascinating questions: How did the Swier family pick...
...PAMELA COLTON JILL DERBY (THE REV.) J. BARRY WILLIAMS Sacramento, Calif...