Stacy Grieve, PhD,  —

PWS Patients Have Lower Levels of ANGPTL8 Protein Linked to Liver Disease, Study Finds

Patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) have lower levels of the angiopoietin-like 8 protein (ANGPTL8), which may be a marker for liver disease, than individuals of similar age and size who don’t have PWS, research shows. The results were reported in the study “Circulating angiopoietin-like 8 (ANGPTL8) is…

Prader-Willi Syndrome Survival Rates Have Increased, 40-year Survey Shows

A new study found that patients more recently diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) have higher survival rates than those diagnosed decades ago. This decrease in mortality likely is the result of earlier diagnosis and proactive treatment intervention, researchers said. The data were published in the journal Genetics in Medicine in a…