ST. LOUIS — Emily Bejerano, who has worn glasses since before she can remember, was diagnosed at age 5 with insulin-dependent diabetes. Two years later, a doctor linked her vision troubles and diabetes symptoms to diagnose her with Wolfram syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects only one in every 500,000 people worldwide. “You see […]
Brandon Gardner graduated Friday on schedule with his class from Trinity Catholic High School in north St. Louis County. The rite of passage wasn’t always a certainty for Gardner, 18, who was born with sickle cell disease and has endured various complications including infections and chronic pain throughout childhood. In March of his junior year, […]
ST. LOUIS • When only 100 people in the world share your child’s specific gene mutation, it is hard to find anyone who understands, including doctors. Three dozen families came here from Argentina, Italy and all over the U.S. this week to help doctors understand the medical challenges caused by a mutation of the GNAO1 gene. […]