About Angelman Syndrome Angelman syndrome is a rare, neurogenetic disorder caused by loss-of-function of the maternally inherited allele of the UBE3A gene. The maternal-specific inheritance pattern of ...

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Angelman syndrome is a rare disease that disrupts the normal development and function of cells, particularly in the nervous system, leading to severe developmental delays and learning disabilities.

AUSTIN, Texas—A model for studying the genetics of Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes mental retardation and other symptoms in one out of 15,000 births, has been developed by ...

Irish actor Colin Farrell has shared an emotional account of why he and his former partner, Kim Bordenave, decided to place their 21-year-old son, James, who was initially misdiagnosed with cerebral ...

Actor Colin Farrell has opened up about the difficult decision to move his son James, who has Angelman syndrome, into a long-term care facility. The Oscar-nominated star of The Banshees of Inisherin, ...

Colin Farrell is opening up about his son’s rare neurogenetic disorder. The 48-year-old recalled the moment James was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome when he was just 2 1/2 years old. “One of the ...

Actor Colin Farrell is launching a new foundation to raise awareness of a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome, so that his son and others with the disorder will have more support and ...

All of 2-year-old Grayson Jacob newborn screenings and in-utero ultrasounds were normal, yet at 6 weeks old the Austin boy was given a "failure to thrive" label. He had acid reflux, wasn't growing and ...