Why Rick Guidotti turned his back on Cindy Crawford to challenge our perceptions of genetic diseases
Previously in the business of snapping supermodels, a chance meeting at a bus stop made this fashion photographer look again at young people affected visibly by genetic disease.See a gallery of Guidotti’s Positive Exposure pictures.I’m in a hotel in Seattle watching photographer Rick Guidotti at work. Amid high fives and shouts of “awesome” a group of young people are laughing and posing as he clicks away, capturing the wide smiles and infectious enthusiasm in the room. This is not an average photo shoot, however, and Rick is not your average photographer. Each of the young people has Costello Syndrome, a rare gene...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Stephanie Nimmo Tags: Health & wellbeing Family Life and style Genetics Children Disability Down's syndrome Photography Fashion Source Type: news
Study suggests antioxidant treatment may help NF1-linked behavioral issues
New research in mouse models suggests that treatment with antioxidants may help reduce behavioral issues linked to the genetic nervous system disorder Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and an associated condition called Costello syndrome. Scientists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their findings Sept. 12 in Cell Reports. The authors show that defects in the NF1/Ras molecular pathway, which cause the disorders, trigger production of harmful oxidative nitric oxide molecules in the oligodendrocyte glial brain cells of mice... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Study suggests antioxidant treatment may help NF1-linked behavioral issues
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) New research in mouse models suggests that treatment with antioxidants may help reduce behavioral issues linked to the genetic nervous system disorder Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and an associated condition called Costello syndrome. Scientists report their findings Sept. 12 in Cell Reports. The authors show that defects in the NF1/Ras molecular pathway, which cause the disorders, trigger production of harmful oxidative nitric oxide molecules in the oligodendrocyte glial brain cells of mice. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
