BrainPOP animation about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

BrainPOP's beloved animated duo, Tim and Moby, present the topic of Duchenne in this short, animated movie. Produced in partnership with Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, this four minute video strives to provide kids of all ages with a clear understanding of Duchenne.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• duchenne
• muscular
• dystrophy
• becker
• dmd
• parent
• project
• ppmd
• brainpop
• tim
• moby
• animated
• short
• movie

[suwakee]

Why is it rare for girls???

[ParentProjectMD]

@suwakee Hi Suwakee,

Duchenne occurs almost exclusively in boys because the Duchenne gene (dystrophin) is found on the X-chromosome. Young men have one each of the X- and Y-chromosomes, whereas girls have two X-chromosomes. Young men are therefore at greater risk of inheriting disorders caused by damaged genes on the X-chromosome, since they lack a second X-chromosome to “make up” for the damaged gene.

[khayztin]

oh by the way... There was a misinformation about who can get this disorder, ONLY males can get this b/c it's sex linked recessive disorder. Females can only be carriers, and will never manifest the disorder.

[CrazyForPianosGirl]

why don't you get copyrighted? thats not fair!

[vetnet2000]

شفاكم الله جميعا اصحاب هذا المرض و رحمكم لقد كان اخى الاصغر مصاب بهذا المرض رحمه الله

لعل الجزاء الاوفى فى الجنه

[hebasagban]

Excellent!

[Marty88McFly1]

@amio1995 Chromosomes are like puzzle pieces coming together when they form a new person. you have a men have y-x and women have x-x chromosomes. the y is what makes men men but everyone gets a x from their mother. For women I think the other x factors out the possibility of them contracting MD but they can still pass MD onto their sons. For men I think the y-chromosome acts like a catchers mit for MD and they contract it when they receive the MD x-chromosome from their mother.

[Marty88McFly1]

@suwakee It's a bit complicating to understand but the reason it's so rare for girls is because MD is an x-chromosome transmitted disease. The y-chromosome comes from dad and the x-chromosome is always passed from mother to son. This is why it's almost always boys who contract MD. The girl has a 50% chance of carrying the disease and the boy has a 50% chance of contracting it. This is also why girls are the only ones who can pass the disease on to their sons.

[amio1995]

@ParentProjectMD that souds bit strange. When you have two X-chromosomes the risk is twice the risk of the chromosome. Why is the risk bigger for young men?

[popstar27430]

@MrHaloGuy1000 Me too!

[popstar27430]

I think my friend (a boy) has this,well he did say he had a disease. and i'm pretty sure he has this.

[bubbleslovesensation]

I love brain pop

[iTzFaTaLzOMG]

I have the app