‌Proteus syndrome is known as a mosaic condition. This means that not all the cells in your body will have the altered AKT1 gene. Some cells have the alteration, but others do not.

A first-ever drug for a rare disease. DeVries is the oldest known man alive with the syndrome. He was diagnosed with the disease at 40 and has spent the past two decades volunteering to be poked ...

Symptoms of Proteus syndrome Symptoms may appear anywhere between 6 to 18 months after birth. Since the affected cells are unable to regulate their own growth, some parts of the patient's body ...

Proteus syndrome, sometimes called Elephant Man’s disease, is a rare congenital disorder. We’ll explain what causes it, and how it’s diagnosed.

At 61, Jerry DeVries is the oldest-known man living with a rare and often deadly disease. He has volunteered to test a potential cure.

Proteus syndrome gained wide public attention in 1980, through the movie "The Elephant Man,'' about a 19th century Londoner whom experts believe may have suffered from the disease.

The syndrome was first described in 1979, and given the name of Proteus, the Greek deity who could change his form at will. Instead of a possibly inherited gene disorder, this is a spontaneous ...

Proteus syndrome has also been termed ‘elattoproteus syndrome’ or the ‘elephant man disease’. It is a rare genetic condition in which some parts of the body start to grow too much, in a ...

A team of researchers has identified the genetic mutation that causes Proteus syndrome, a rare disorder in which tissue and bone grows massively out of proportion. The discovery, which has ...

AS the life of ‘Elephant Man’ is set to be depicted in a new adaptation in 2019, a debate has erupted over the casting of an ‘able-bodied’ actor for the lead role. Here̵… ...