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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 25
Author: Miller (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 71-0, 3/26/09 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims the third full week in
September in each year as Mitochondrial Disease Awareness
Week, and urges California residents to observe the week
with appropriate activities and programs.
ANALYSIS : This resolution finds:
1. Mitochondria are the power plants in every cell of a
person's body and create more than 90 percent of the
energy needed by the body to sustain life and support
growth.
2. Mitochondria may not function correctly due to genetic
defects or damage caused by drugs or destructive
molecules known as free radicals.
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3. When mitochondria fail, cell injury and cell death
follow, and, if the process is repeated throughout the
body, whole systems begin to fail.
4. Mitochondrial diseases can cause isolated symptoms, such
as seizures, low blood counts, blindness, deafness,
dementia, heart failure, and progressive muscle
weakness, but more often they cause failure of several
organ systems in sequence.
5. Mitochondrial diseases can affect any person at any age.
6. It is estimated that every 30 minutes a child is born
that will develop a mitochondrial disease before he or
she reaches 10 years of age, totaling 4,000 children
each year.
7. At least one in 200 individuals in the general public
have a mitochondrial disease that may lead to another
disease.
8. It is believed that mitochondrial diseases are
underdiagnosed because mitochondrial disorders mimic
other diseases and the diagnosis process itself is
difficult and time consuming, having only been first
diagnosed in adults in the 1960s and first diagnosed in
children in the 1980s.
9. Research has consistently shown that mitochondrial
dysfunction is at the core of many very common illnesses
and chronic conditions of adulthood, including, but not
limited to, Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's disease,
diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, osteoporosis, and
cancer.
10. Currently no cures or effective therapies exist, but
early diagnosis can help a patient and his or her family
use proper medication and nutritional supplements to
improve the quality of life, and even to prolong life.
11. It is imperative that the federal government make
research for mitochondrial diseases a priority and fully
fund research initiatives to find a cure.
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12. It is appropriate that all California residents be
better informed about mitochondrial diseases and their
impact.
This resolution proclaims the third full week in September
in each year as Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week, and
urges California residents to observe the week with
appropriate activities and programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 3/31/09)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
United Mitochondrial Foundation
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Buchanan,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,
Cook, Coto, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Duvall,
Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,
Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,
Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Price, Ruskin, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Brownley, Davis,
Fletcher, Lieu, Logue, Salas, Silva, Smyth
CTW:nl 4/1/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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