Smithsonian Magazine

This Toddler Was the First Person to Receive a Test Treatment for a Rare Genetic Disorder. Nine Months Later, His Progress Is Inspiring Hope

Oliver Chu is one of five kids participating in a clinical trial investigating a gene therapy for Hunter syndrome, a disorder with symptoms akin to childhood dementia that limits life expectancy ...
Evening Chronicle

Parents of North East toddler diagnosed with ultra rare genetic syndrome searching for others in same position

The parents of a toddler diagnosed with an ultra rare syndrome are searching for others in the same position. Jane Duke, 29, and her husband Liam, 30, from Chester-le-Street, County Durham, have been ...
EurekAlert!

UTHealth Houston researchers developing app to help clinicians assess thoracic aortic aneurysm risk and dissections

A $100,000 grant awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston from the John Ritter Foundation will fund an app that will help ...
ahajournals.org

Inverse Agonist Activity of Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Is Crucial for Prevention of Progressive Aortic Dilatation in Marfan Syndrome

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan. (H.Y., H.A., Q.L., M.U., H.K., R.M., A.S., S.O., T.U., A.S.-K., K ...