It works because many cases of muscular dystrophy are caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene (incidentally, one ofthe longest genes in thebody) that make the entire genetic code for the protein shift by one letter.
On the day before the spy scandal broke, a letter surfaced from the two senior members ofthe House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (a bipartisan body) based on what the committee had found when combing through 19 volumes of material, much of it classified.