who was born with a rare disease called progressive neurofibromatosis?
Organ Transplant Drug Could Treat Meningioma Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 Researchers funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have found that an organ transplant drug might one day be used to treat meningioma, a type of brain tumor. The drug also could be used to treat neurofibromatosis type 2, a rare disease associated with meningiomas and other benign tumors of the nervous system. Researchers Identify Mechanism, Possible Drug Treatment for Tumors in Neurofibromatosis Thursday, Oct 30, 2008 Researchers studying neurofibromatosis type 1 – a rare disease in which tumors grow within nerves – have found that the tumors are triggered by crosstalk between cells in the nerves and cells in the blood. They also found that a drug on the market for treating certain kinds of blood cancer curbs tumor growth in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1. New Mouse Model for Neurofibromatosis Yields Insights into Disease Process and Treatment Monday, Apr 21, 2008 In a
Will Parr was born with a rare disease called progressive neurofibromatosis, which causes tumors to grow throughout the body. As an 11-year-old, Parr had his right leg amputated. “You should hear these stories. One kid came up to me one time and said there was a rumor that I got hit by a boat,” the 15-year-old Salem (Mass.) High freshman said. “Some say cancer. Some say boat motor. I’ve heard shark attack Sources: “Sometimes little kids will ask me and I’ll say, ‘Just eat your vegetables and do your homework.
