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Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), also known as DiGeorge syndrome or 22q11.21 deletion syndrome, has a prevalence in the United States of approximately 1:2,000. Patients affected by this ...

The Mayo Clinic, a Minnesota-based healthcare and research nonprofit, explains that the condition is called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, or DiGeorge syndrome.

Babies with complete DiGeorge Syndrome have no thymus, a gland important in the maturation of T cells -- specialized immune cells that help protect the body against viruses, bacteria and other ...

Purpose: The chromosome 22q11.2 deletion has been identified in the majority of patients with DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome, and conotruncal anomaly face syndrome and in some ...

What Is 22q Syndrome? 22q11.2 deletion syndrome—also known as DiGeorge syndrome—is a disorder that occurs when a small part of chromosome 22 is missing, according to the Mayo Clinic.

On October 8, the FDA approved a regenerative medicine based on Markert's pioneering work as the only therapy for congenital athymia, a grouping of rare diseases such as complete DiGeorge Syndrome ...