CANADA - APRIL 06: 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. (Photo by Bob Olsen/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
