The Life and Death of Terry Schiavo: Scientific, Religious, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives

The decade-long controversy over the care of Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo began as a private family matter and escalated into a national moral and political debate. Our speakers carry us to the center of this controversy, to the bedside of Terri Schiavo, to illuminate the debate surrounding her life and death from the perspectives of science, religion, law and ethics

The Life and Death of Terry Schiavo: Scientific, Religious, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives

The decade-long controversy over the care of Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo began as a private family matter and escalated into a national moral and political debate. Our speakers carry us to the center of this controversy, to the bedside of Terri Schiavo, to illuminate the debate surrounding her life and death from the perspectives of science, religion, law and ethics

Heterozygous mutations of the kinesin KIF21A in congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1)

Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1; OMIM #135700) is an autosomal dominant strabismus disorder associated with defects of the oculomotor nerve. We show that individuals with CFEOM1 harbor heterozygous missense mutations in a kinesin motor protein encoded by KIF21A. We identified six different mutations in 44 of 45 probands. The primary mutational hotspots are in the stalk domain, highlighting an important new role for KIF21A and its stalk in the formation of the oculomotor axis