New genetic cause of Warburg Micro syndrome identified
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
A collaborative team of researchers has identified a gene responsible for Warburg Micro syndrome, a rare genetic disease characterized by eye, brain and endocrine abnormalities. Patients with Warburg Micro syndrome are severely physically and mentally challenged, unable to learn how to walk or speak and become blind and paralyzed from an early age.