Our genomic DNA is continuously damaged by endogenous factors such as reactive oxygen species, and also by environmental factors such as ultraviolet light, radiation, and chemicals. Failure to repair ...

A rare inherited disorder, Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a photosensitive condition characterized by high susceptibility to skin cancers. XP follows the autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.

Bella Thorne’s latest movie, Midnight Sun, is aiming to draw awareness to a rare, real-life genetic condition where children grow up with an extreme sensitivity to sunlight. Bella’s character, 17-year ...

We describe a premature, small for gestational age infant girl with micropthalmia, bilateral congenital cataracts, hearing impairment, progressive somatic and neurodevelopmental arrest, and infantile ...

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare and devastating genetic disorder characterized by an inability to repair skin damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light. As a result, patients with XP develop skin ...

Xeroderma pigmentosum, or XP, is a rare genetic disorder that prevents the skin from repairing sun damage. There are about 300 Americans currently living with XP, and the chances of being born in this ...

(Vienna, Nov. 17, 2017) The destructive force of UV radiation on DNA molecules is only fully visible, when repair mechanisms fail: patients with the rare genetic disease Xeroderma pigmentosum - also ...