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Werner's syndrome |
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Werner's syndrome [′ver·nərz ‚sin‚drōm] (medicine) A complex of symptoms, thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive, including premature senescence, dwarfism, cataracts, scleroderma-like changes of the skin, osteoporosis, and multiglandular dysfunction. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Young people with Werner's syndrome acquire gray hair and diseases such as osteoporosis, cataracts, and hardening of the arteries. Researchers plowed through 650,000 nucleotides until they found a mutant gene to blame for Werner's syndrome, which causes 40-year-olds to look like - and have the infirmities of - 80-year-olds. in inflammation) and in genomics (with Geron Corporation, in aging diseases related to the Werner's Syndrome gene, discovered by Darwin Molecular in 1996). |
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