Albinism is a genetic condition characterized by compromised melanin production. Melanin is a vital pigment which determines the color of the skin, eyes and hair. Very light skin color, red to brown ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Key Takeaways Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease that causes white patches on the skin.Albinism is a genetic disorder where the body doesn't produce enough melanin.

The quest for better understanding and finding cures for ocular albinism is closer to fruition, thanks to the recent discovery of mutations in a second gene that can trigger this genetic vision ...

Ocular albinism (OA) is an inherited genetic condition that primarily affects the pigments in the eyes. Ocular albinism is an inherited genetic condition that primarily affects the pigments in the ...

A small pilot clinical study suggests that the drug nitisinone increases melanin production in some people with oculocutaneous albinism type 1B (OCA-1B), a rare genetic disease that causes pale skin ...

Albinism causes significant eye morbidity and amblyopia in children and ophthalmological evaluation allows an earlier diagnosis of OCA and OA in newborns. In OCA patients hypopigmentation of the skin ...

When Megan McMorris, 41 an interior designer from Denver, found out that her daughter Louise, now 9, was born with albinism, she was "devastated." "Myself and my husband had so many thoughts running ...

Four Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs receive prosthetics. — -- Four Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs, fingers, and teeth in superstition-driven attacks made their ...

Hajia Humu Suala na mama of six children – three of dem get albinism, even tho she and her husband Abdul Rahim Sambo dia skin colour dey black. Humu Sambo say her second child get golden hair when she ...

(Johannesburg) Children with albinism face insecurity and significant obstacles to accessing quality education in the Tete province of Mozambique, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.