Full Text of SR0576 96th General Assembly
SR0576 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Jasper Rylan Sherman was born on September 1, 2005 | 3 |
| and passed away on February 25, 2009 after waging a courageous | 4 |
| battle against Mitochondrial Disease; Jasper's memory lives on | 5 |
| in the minds and hearts of his loving family and friends who | 6 |
| remain committed to educating the public about Mitochondrial | 7 |
| Disease with the hope of one day finding a cure; and
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| WHEREAS, Mitochondria are the power plants in every cell of | 9 |
| a person's body and create more than 90% of the energy needed | 10 |
| by the body to sustain life and support growth; mitochondria | 11 |
| may not function correctly due to genetic defects, damage | 12 |
| caused by drugs, or damage caused by destructive molecules | 13 |
| called free radicals; and
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| WHEREAS, When mitochondria fail, cell injury and cell death | 15 |
| follow, and if the process is repeated throughout the body, | 16 |
| whole systems begin to fail; and
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| WHEREAS, Mitochondrial diseases can cause isolated | 18 |
| symptoms like seizures, low blood counts, blindness, deafness, | 19 |
| dementia, heart failure, and progressive muscle weakness, but | 20 |
| more often they cause failure of several organ systems in | 21 |
| sequence; and
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| WHEREAS, Mitochondrial diseases can affect any person at | 2 |
| any age; it is estimated that more than one in 4,000 children | 3 |
| born in the United States each year will develop a | 4 |
| mitochondrial disease by 10 years of age; and
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| WHEREAS, Since mitochondrial disorders mimic other | 6 |
| diseases, it is believed that they are under-diagnosed; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently no cures or effective therapies exist, | 8 |
| but early diagnosis can help patients and their families use | 9 |
| proper medication and nutritional supplements to improve the | 10 |
| quality of life, and even prolong life; and
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| WHEREAS, It is appropriate that all citizens of the State | 12 |
| of Illinois be better informed about mitochondrial diseases and | 13 |
| their impact; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the third | 16 |
| full week of September in each year as Mitochondrial Disease | 17 |
| Awareness Week in the State of Illinois, and the citizens of | 18 |
| the State of Illinois are urged to observe the week with | 19 |
| appropriate activities and programs.
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