These Feline Brothers Are the First Cats Ever Documented With Marfan Syndrome
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The first documented feline cases of Marfan syndrome offer clues to how an altered gene allowed two affected cats to survive into adulthood. Gary and Shaggy, two feline brothers, reached adulthood with Marfan syndrome, a rare inherited disorder that weakens the body’s connective tissues. Both cats carried two altered copies of FBN1, a gene involved [...]
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