Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University have been studying the autoimmune response in lupus erythematosus. They found that lupus T cells increase production of an enzyme ... Read More

On March 19, 2004, Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami announced that an Italian infant girl had received an eight-organ transplant to treat megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIH). This very ... Read More

Researchers are not sure what causes this rare syndrome. Something goes wrong during the growth of a fetus and parts of the urinary tract develop abnormally. 95% of cases occur ... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 4, 2004, approved Alimta (pemetrexed disodium) for use in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, ... Read More

This inherited disorder of chromosome 3 causes brain, eye, and kidney tumors. The greatest risk of von Hippel-Lindau is the development of kidney cancer.

Uveitis, a condition in which eye tissues become inflamed, accounts for an estimated 10-15% of blindness in the United States. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health U.S.) have tested ... Read More

Brain Awareness Week, March 15-21, 2004, is an international effort organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to advance public awareness about the progress, promise, and benefits of ... Read More

This syndrome includes unusual facial features, congenital heart disease, short stature, and chest deformity. Noonan syndrome may be difficult to recognize, especially in adults, because the facial features change with ... Read More

This inherited genetic disorder results from a missing or defective X (female) chromosome. As a result, the syndrome occurs in girls.

Research published in the March 3 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience shows an association between physical and mental activity and the slowing down of neurodegeneration in mice with Huntington's ... Read More

This inherited genetic disorder may cause hearing loss and partial albinism. There are four different variations of the syndrome, which is often difficult to identify.

High blood pressure in the lungs, known as pulmonary hypertension, affects nearly one-third of adults with sickle cell disease, according to a study published in February 26, 2004, edition of ... Read More

The February 2004 issue of the journal Cancer Cell features research reported by the Mayo Clinic. Researchers there have discovered how a gene, CBP, and a protein called p27Kip1 work ... Read More