People with xeroderma pigmentosum can severely burn within minutes of being in the sun and are thousands of times more likely ...

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare genetic disease that affects young children. These young patients, called children of the Moon, exhibit extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) rays and an ...

Five of the conditions (xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne's syndrome ... have evolved to ensure the faithful transfer of the genetic make-up to each new generation. Biological evolution is, however ...

Manufacture and commercially distribute its prescription pharmaceutical SCENESSE in the European Union and the USA for the treatment of the rare, genetic metabolic disorder EPP, research and ...

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive condition resulting ... despite MRI findings of white matter lesions. Molecular genetic analysis confirmed a homozygous c.780-2AC mutation in the ...

The symptoms: The patient, who had previously been diagnosed with lung cancer, had been hospitalized because the cancer had spread and was pressing on his spinal cord. During treatment, he was ...

An official cause of death has been revealed for Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. According to the Office of the Medical Investigator in New Mexico, a final autopsy ...