A $139,800 grant from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to c(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: A $139,800 grant from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation will expand research into scoliosis, a hereditary, genetic disease that causes the spine to curve like an S. It strikes 13 per cent of all children and , of that group, 90 per cent are girls. Drs. Walter Bobechko (left) and Morley Herbert hold x-ray of girl with the diease.