Tapscott delivers UW lecture

Brief

Dr. Stephen Tapscott, an investigator in the Human Biology Division and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington, delivered a seminar Feb. 8 entitled "Deconstructing Myotonic Dystrophy" as part of the UW Science in Medicine lecture series.

Tapscott's research focuses on a gene that, when mutated, is responsible for myotonic dystrophy, the most prevalent form of muscular dystrophy.

A perplexing aspect of the disease is how a mutation in one gene causes an array of symptoms, including muscle degeneration, fatigue, cataracts and heart disorders. Tapscott's research is aimed at whether the single mutation influences the expression of other genes located in the same region of the chromosome.

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