Michael’s wife, Teresa, added, “If we can save a life, we will tell anyone our story.” It’s a story that could have ended when Michael was 14 years old, when he had his first aneurysm. Michael had ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which has no cure to date. This disease ...

I was born with Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissues, which I inherited from my father. The disease has weakened my eyesight due to dislocated lenses ...