September 2021

10 Minutes
Health and Medicine

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) or Martin Bell Syndrome (MBS) causes intellectual disability, behavioral problems, and physical abnormalities

Fragile X syndrome Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disease that most commonly causes intellectual disability, behavioral problems, and physical abnormalities. Symptoms vary widely from patient to patient. The syndrome is also referred to...
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17 Minutes
Health and Medicine

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system)

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system. A dysfunction of the immune system leads to lesions that cause motor, sensory, cognitive, visual or even sphincter disturbances...
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7 Minutes
Health and Medicine

Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) | Also known as the sarcoma, breast, leukaemia and adrenal gland (SBLA) syndrome

Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) Hereditary disorder linked to an increased risk of certain types of cancer, including breast cancer, brain tumors, acute leukemia, soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma and adrenocortical carcinoma. People with Li-Fraumeni syndrome tend...
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