Werner Syndrome
Imagine in your early adolescents being diagnosed with a disease that increases your aging. Doctors tell you that there is no known cure and that you will die by the age of fifty. There is a disease that increases your aging, that disease is known as Werner Syndrome. A medical student named Carl Wilhelm Otto Werner (1879-1936) first diagnosed this syndrome in 1905. The University of Kiel invited Werner , to examine four siblings in their early late 30"s with similar symptoms. He reported that they had cataracts, premature graying, and loss of hair. Thirty years later, Oppenheimer and Kugel describe a similar case of what they termed "Werner Syndrome"(Harvard, pg.1 of 1). Werner Syndrome is an inherited disease in w
Los Angeles Times(Los Angeles California) Copyright, April 12, 1996 pp.A1+ Hewitt, Duane Premature Aging gene Cloned. Science :272:199 December 10, 1996 www.lucifer@.com Since the finding of Werner syndrome gene in 1995, up to 10 mutation have been reported. Most people that are diagnosed with Werner Syndrome are of Japanese decent. Although this syndrome is more common in Japan, Werner Syndrome strikes about three in every 1 million people worldwide (SIRS Source 2of 3).
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