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‘We’re trying to educate people here on campus about the Indian culture.’ Seven South Asian a cappella teams from around the country will compete in Gathe Raho this weekend. 80 Hours. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ UI eyes genomic Spunky 6-year-old care The Iowa Institute of fights on Human Genetics will develop an alternative medicine. By KEVIN SVEC [email protected] What was once confined only to sci- ence-fiction movies is now the subject of boardroom meetings. The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, the home of the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics, plans to start a revolution in modern medicine. Today, most of the medica- tion prescribed is based on the weight and body surface area of the patient. The institute’s goal is to promote an alternative, which will be known as personal genomic medicine. Such medicine would cater to each patient’s specific needs. The medication prescribed would be based on the genetic makeup of a patient rather than her or his body index. Smith Using a genetic test, director scientists would be able to evaluate each patient’s needs, allowing health-care providers to personalize each drug treatment. The medicine will work with each individual patient based on her or his Amanda Tome kisses daughter Kyla Tome on the forehead while watching a movie on Feb. 1 in the UI Children’s Hospital. This will be Kyla’s second year at Dance Marathon. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) personal health risks. By personaliz- ing the medicine, the doctors could increase the likelihood that the drug Six-year-old Kyla Tome will attend her second Dance would have the best possible effect on each patient. Richard Smith, the director of the Marathon this coming weekend. Institute of Human Genetics, noted several advantages of genomic med- By REBECCA MORIN with all the princesses. She had just had icine. [email protected] brain surgery a month before and was “Newborns would be able to have not feeling well. She was very thin and Behind the frames of 6-year-old Kyla it was the only time she really looked Kyla Tome SEE GENETICS, 3A Tome’s red-rimmed glasses, she wonder- ‘sick.’ Snow White, Ariel, and other prin- fully mimicked every line from Disney’s cesses came over, and she was just over Kyla Tome is currently in radiation treatment for a Cinderella and hummed every melody, as the Moon. They kissed her on the top of brain tumor she was diagnosed with in February she lay in her mother’s arms in a hospital her head and left lipstick marks. She was 2011. She loves princesses and animals. bed large enough to cradle them both. just so happy, and they made her so hap- • Age: 6 Cinderella isn’t the only Disney prin- py, and that made me happy to see her • Favorite Disney princess: Ariel cess to give Kyla peace. happy.” • Hobbies: Drawing “She got to take a Make-a-Wish trip Kyla was first diagnosed with type-I Source: Amanda Tome, mother of Kyla County to to Disney World,” said Amanda Tome, Kyla’s mother. “She got to eat breakfast SEE daNCE MARatHON, 5A use more aid funds Keeping it in the marathon family A county program for Generation after generation, children with behavioral and families remember Dance emotional challenges is set Marathon traditions. to receive more funding. By MEGAN DEPPE By CHRIS HIGGINS [email protected] [email protected] Taylor Bogue can still remember the Johnson County has once again first time she was exposed to the Uni- been called upon to provide aid to versity of Iowa Dance Marathon, all families in need. thanks to her brothers. The county’s Focus on Youth Fund “You walked in, and the entire ball- program has experienced an influx of room was covered in green,” she said, families since July, and it is set to re- remembering her junior year of high ceive $7,000 in additional funds from school when she watched her brother the state. Jared Bogue dance in the event. “It was The fund is geared toward fami- amazing to see so many college students lies with children who have behav- taking time out of their weekend just to ioral or emotional disturbances such do such amazing things for these kids as ADHD or depression. It provides Taylor Bogue sits in the living room of the Alpha Phi house on Sunday. She discussed her family’s history with money to pay for medication, coun- SAEE F mily, 5A Dance Marathon. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing) seling, medical screenings, and other SEE YOUTH, 3A WEATHER DAILY IOWAN TV ON THE WEB INDEX HIGH LOW • SCAN THIS CODE CHECK DAILYIOWAN.COM FOR HOURLY CLASSIFIED 7B 7 -8 • GO TO DAILYIOWAN.COM UPDATES AND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. FOLLOW DAILY BREAK 6A • WATCH UITV AT 9 P.M. @THEDAILYIOWAN ON TWITTER AND LIKE US OPINIONS 4A Mostly sunny, windy, and, who’d a thunk, really chilly. Not at all SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE CONTENT. SPORTS 8A Chile. 80 HOURS 1B 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 STORM DAMAGE The Daily Iowan Volume 145 Issue 131 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher 335-5788 Email: [email protected] William Casey Fax: 335-6297 Editor-in-Chief 335-6030 Kristen East CORRECTIONS Managing Editor 335-5855 Call: 335-6030 Jordyn Reiland Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for ac- Metro Editors 335-6063 curacy and fairness in the reporting Rebecca Morin of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Stacey Murray leading, a request for a correction or Opinions Editor 335-5863 a clarification may be made. 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No, these ar- en’t flavors of candy but rather those produced by electronic cigarette — or e-cigarette — companies, in attempts to appeal to prospective consumers. Legislators argue these types of marketing tech- niques used by e-ciga- rette companies are now targeting young children. A bill proposing to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors cleared a House committee on Monday in a 22-1 vote. The bill now heads to the House floor. “We know when these e-cigarettes are coming in trendy colors and trendy flavors; they’re not being marketed as a life-saving or smoking cessation de- vice some people would like to brag about,” Rep. Daniel Lundby, D-Mari- on, said. “It’s Camel Joe all over again.” E-cigarettes are bat- tery-powered devices that mimic tobacco smoking through use of a heating element that vaporizes a liquid nicotine solution. The only commit- tee member to vote against the new bill was Rep. Dawn Pettengill, R-Mount Auburn. She said she voted against the bill because she thinks the bill has not received enough attention or dis- cussion of details such as penalties needed before going to the floor. Photo Illustration by Callie Mitchell/ The Daily Iowan Like Pettengill, pub- lic-health advocates think dustry lobbyists whose ing to quit if they were reason for the Smokefree the new bill serves as companies claim, ‘Oh, ye- regulated the same as Air Act that bans ciga- only a small step toward ah, this will help people tobacco. But I think there rettes from public areas effective anti-smoking quit cigarettes, this will are negative consequenc- was because of the con- restrictions and more sci- help people quit smoking,’ es for youth if they’re not cern of the cancer-caus- entific research on these is have you submitted any regulated like this.” ing smoke and second- relatively new products is of your products to the In Iowa City, despite hand smoke from other critical.

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