Today’s featured artist is Kathy McRight with her submission titled “Miss Prissy”.
“PCD is a genetic disorder, meaning it is inherited from one’s parents and cannot be acquired from the environment. PCD is most often passed in what is called an ‘autosomal recessive’ pattern of inheritance, in which the disease is only expressed when a child inherits two copies of a mutated gene—one from each parent. The parents are considered ‘carriers’ because they ‘carry’ the mutation, but are not sick themselves because they only have one copy of the mutated gene. When two carriers produce children, however, they have a 1 in 4 (25%) chance of having a child who will inherit both of their mutations, which will result in the disease being expressed.
Lots of different genes have been found to be abnormal in PCD, but we don’t know everything about PCD genetics at this point, and suspicion of PCD requires diligent workup from PCD experts to make sure that the diagnosis has not been made in error.
PCD is not infectious- you can’t “catch” PCD.” ~ PCD Australia Foundation
The PCD Artist Project is a collaborative effort by artist to raise awareness for PCD or primary ciliary dyskinesia and support the PCD Smiles program. Each artist who submitted art work to the project either has PCD or has a PCD family member.
The PCD Artist Project’s 2021 exhibition merchandise ranges from apparel, giftware, home furnishings, and printed products such as posters, prints, wall art, and other items, all created from our exhibition; which can be viewed on PCD Smiles’s website. It is our hope that you support the PCD Smiles program by purchasing exhibition merchandise today.
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