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 ...

In children with Marfan syndrome who undergo lens removal, the risk for retinal detachment increases 16-fold when capsular residue is present and by 30% with increase in axial length. Researchers ...

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 ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which has no cure to date. This disease ...

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 ...

An Aberdeen mother is working to bring awareness to a relatively rare condition that’s struck her family twice. Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects connective tissue, the heart, eyes, ...

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 ...