In people with Prader-Willi syndrome, the severity of aberrant behaviors declines with age, a phenomenon that starts at around age 30, according to Japanese researchers. Food-related behaviors, however, are maintained and don’t seem to change as patients grow older. The study, “Aberrant, autistic, and food-related behaviors…
Saniona recently reported encouraging results from its exploratory Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating Tesomet (tesofensine/metoprolol) in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). PWS is a genetic disorder that begins in childhood. People with Prader-Willi syndrome always feel hungry, which can often lead to obesity and type 2…
A team of researchers was able to restore the normal level of genes that are usually silenced in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) in patient neurons grown in the lab. The study, led by researchers at the University of Connecticut, is titled “Zinc finger protein 274 regulates imprinted expression…
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