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Scientific Day 2017: PWS Science Highlights & Abstracts

FPWR’s 2017 Scientific Day was held in conjunction with the FPWR annual conference on Thursday, August 24th in Indianapolis, Indiana. Approximately 75 people attended, including scientists, families and professionals from the pharmaceutical industry....
September 11, 2017 Read More

Topics: Research

Uridine: A New Player in Appetite Regulation

New research has revealed that a molecule called uridine plays a role in appetite regulation. This discovery could pave the way for potential new targets to control appetite and obesity.
September 8, 2017 Read More

Topics: Research

The Nelson Family: Paving the Way for Schaaf-Yang Research

In 2014, when Emma Nelson was born, NICU staff told her parents, Kim and Justin, to prepare for the worst. But for the next two years, Emma had no diagnosis. Kim and Justin were directed from one specialist to the next trying to find answers to their...
September 6, 2017 Read More

Topics: Stories of Hope, SYS

Proud Brothers Cheer On Their Sister With PWS

A special contribution by Jessica Mitchell What did you feel when you first heard the words “Prader-Willi syndrome”? Did you feel sadness? Anger? Relief? If you were anything like me, you felt the “normal” slip right through your fingertips. You read...
September 1, 2017 Read More

Topics: Stories of Hope

Dream, Believe, Achieve: It's a Wrap! FPWR 2017 Conference

FPWR's 2017 family conference was our largest conference yet. With the theme Dream, Believe, Achieve, it attracted more than 230 PWS parents, grandparents, children, clinicians and researchers.
August 31, 2017 Read More

Topics: News

Recovering the Maternal 15th Chromosome Gene: Lalande's PWS Research

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) most commonly results when a set of key genes are missing on the paternal 15th chromosome (deletion) — or else when the paternal chromosome has been entirely replaced by a maternal copy (uniparental disomy, UPD). One of th...
August 24, 2017 Read More

Topics: Research

Altered Link In Brain Regions Could Play Role In PWS Hyperphagia

As with many neurodevelopmental disorders, individuals with PWS often struggle with developmental delays and impaired cognition. Within the Global PWS Registry, 75% of participants who have had IQ testing scored with some level of intellectual disabi...
August 22, 2017 Read More

Topics: Research

Endocannabinoids As a Potential Therapy for Hyperphagia in PWS

The mechanisms in the nervous system that control appetite and satiation are complex. And the dysfunctions in those mechanisms that lead to hyperphagia and obesity in people with PWS are likewise complex and unclear. Yet, several hypothalamic appetit...
August 16, 2017 Read More

Topics: Research

Orthopedic Issues and Prader-Willi Syndrome: Q&A With Dr. van Bosse

Like many medical providers, Dr. Harold van Bosse came to specialize on Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) by happenstance. In the late 90s, a pediatric patient with PWS came under his care for treatment of scoliosis. At the time, not much was known about o...
August 14, 2017 Read More

Topics: Research

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