STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- There is a connective tissue disorder that affects the bones, skin, lungs, heart, blood vessels and nervous system of one in every 5,000 Americans: Marfan syndrome. Members of ...

Schreiber High School senior Mazzy Sass is working to raise awareness about Marfan Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue, which holds all the cells, organs and tissue ...

(CBS DETROIT)- When Keri Wallace's son Maurice was 9, the family received news that would forever change their lives. "We wonder why we see a lot of these children passing out on the fields or on ...

Background: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a disorder of the connective tissues. Alterations of the elastic fibers may manifest in different tissues especially in the skeletal, cardiovascular and ocular ...

When Parker Anderson was 6 months old, he woke gasping for breath in the middle of the night. Mom Karlie Anderson noticed his chest was "caved in," so she and her husband rushed Parker to the hospital ...

One of the priority objectives of research into rare diseases is to develop new treatments, and orphan medicines — which target conditions affecting no more than 5 in 10,000 people in the EU — provide ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Memorial Hospital’s labor and delivery wing isn’t unusual, but Leticia Maia’s pregnancy is. At 27, she lives with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the connective ...

A study reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases and complications following strokes, as demonstrated in animal models. A study by the ...

A study by the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases ...

Marfan syndrome is a genetic condition. It occurs because of a mutation (change) in one of your genes that develops before you’re born. It’s a type of connective tissue disorder, meaning it affects ...