Prader–Willi syndrome (; abbreviated PWS) is a rare genetic disorder in which seven genes (or some subset thereof) on chromosome 15 (q 11–13) are deleted or unexpressed (chromosome 15q partial deletion) on the paternal chromosome. It was first described in 1956 by Andrea Prader (1919–2001), Heinrich Willi (1900–1971), Alexis Labhart (1916–1994), Andrew Ziegler, and Guido Fanconi of Switzerland.[1] Characteristic of PWS is "low muscle tone, short stature, incomplete sexual development, cognitive disabilities, behavior problems, and a chronic feeling of hunger that can lead to excessive eating and life-threatening obesity."[2] The incidence of PWS is between 1 in 25,000 and 1 in 10,000 live births.
science is messing with natural selection. as science has prolonged life and cured diseases, it's made
the less fit able to survive...stellan has Prader Willi syndrome. a partial deletion of the 15th chromosome which causes
"low muscle tone, short stature, incomplete sexual development, cognitive disabilities, behavior problems, and a chronic feeling of hunger that can lead to excessive eating and life-threatening obesity." these disorders would probably never had survived post infancy but now they have the ability to live capably...
poor kid.
in other news....doesn't jeannie's grey purple hair look like aaron kwok or ekin??? or was it ekin gray hair??? i can't remember...
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