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Article on Genetic Discrimination Quotes South Carolina Alpha, Alpha Doc Charlie Strange, and AlphaNet Coordinator
At first glance, Marvin Sineath appears a hale 61-year-old Vietnam veteran. He has a razor-shaven head, a trim grey beard, and he is a keen storyteller. But it isn’t long before he gets a little winded.
Tucked in the corner of his living room is an airway cleaning system to beat the phlegm out of his lungs. Oxygen tubes snake along the baseboards of his James Island home.
Sineath has a genetic disorder called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, in which a defective Alpha-1 protein can lead to lung and liver disease. He has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and suffers emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma.
