Article: Commonly Used Blood Pressure Medication Prevents Aortic Aneurysm in Mice With Marfan Syndrome, Johns Hopkins Study Shows; Research Advances Likelihood of Clinical Treatment for Inherited Vascular Condition, Affirms Promise of Genetic Research.

Article: Drug Treatment for Marfan Syndrome Looks Promising, ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  June 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ... for treating Marfan syndrome in children has ... of Medicine, Johns Hopkins researchers showed ... physicians at Johns Hopkins felt compelled ... with severe Marfan syndrome, whose aortas ...

Article: Studies from Johns Hopkins University update ...
Biotech Week;  September 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Growth Factor-beta in Marfan Syndrome. Circulation, 2009 ... contact P. Matt, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Prote Center, 602 Mason ... Genetics, Losartan, Marfan Syndrome, Johns Hopkins University. This article ...

Article: Parker's pilgrimmage; Neo-natal Marfan syndrome ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... pay for the trip to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore ... Lippstock, are heading to Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore ... suffers from neo-natal Marfan syndrome, a rare disorder ... garden variety" Marfan syndrome, which occurs in ...

Article: GENETICS; Defects in the Body's Connective Tissues; Researchers ...
The Washington Post;  May 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... disorder called Marfan syndrome. At a recent ... workshop, a Johns Hopkins University researcher ... McKusick, of Johns Hopkins University ... genetics and Marfan syndrome. Reed E. Pyeritz, also of Johns Hopkins University School ...

Article: Gene that causes Marfan syndrome identified
The Boston Globe;  July 25, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... McKusick of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ... modern study of Marfan syndrome and related connective ... medical genetics at Johns Hopkins and an author ... animal model of Marfan syndrome. "That will ... gene can cause Marfan syndrome in patients. The ...

Transcript: Old Drug Offers New Hope for Marfan Syndrome
NPR Morning Edition;  May 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... scares people with Marfan Syndrome though is that it ... who specializes in Marfan Syndrome. Dietz is out on the East Coast at Johns Hopkins University, and ... active in people with Marfan Syndrome, something called ...

Article: Vessel rescue.(losartan may affect people with Marfan ...
Science News;  July 19, 2008 ;     654 words ... ... people with a genetic disorder called Marfan syndrome, preliminary findings suggest. From 2003 to 2006, Johns Hopkins University researchers identified 18 children with severe Marfan syndrome, including steadily widening aortas ...