Fighting Back Podcast #9 - An Interview With Disease Researcher Dr. Alex MacKenzie
This episode is a bit of a departure for the Fighting Back Podcast. We usually interview people and families fighting against serious diseases. We’ve spoken to a woman trying to raise the profile of SMA through a one-woman stage show, a mother starting a foundation to raise money for myotonic muscular dystrophy, a mother who launched what became a national organization to fight for orphan disease, and many more. This episode is a bit different, however. This time we’re talking to a man who is fighting diseases directly.
Dr. Alex MacKenzie is a pediatrician, spinal muscular atrophy researcher, and director of the Research Institute at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. In episode 9 of Fighting Back, host Steve Mullen talks with Dr. MacKenzie about SMA research and how it’s benefiting many other diseases.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Matrix of SMN Mutations
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