Harlow has Prader-Willi syndrome and is missing chromosome 15, which is responsible for controlling hunger. Therefore, Harlow constantly has an appetite and always wants to eat.

Prader-Willi Syndrome affects thousands of children in the United States, yet is relatively unknown to the general population. This genetic condition, resulting from an abnormality on the 15th ...

Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by changes in gene expression in a specific portion of chromosome 15. Starting in childhood, it often leads to extreme, insatiable hunger.© Catherine Falls ...

People enrolled in the study were 4 years old or older with Prader-Willi syndrome and excessive hunger and had already been taking Vykart XR for an average of 3.3 years (range: 2.5 to 4.5 years).

Stefan Stamm and Shivendra Kishore, of the Friedrich-Alexander University Institute for Biochemistry, suggest that HBII-52, a non-coding RNA located on chromosome 15 regulates alternative splicing of ...

Disordered signaling in the cerebellum may help explain the insatiable appetite experienced by people with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), according to new research led by J. Nicholas Betley, PhD, at ...

Prader-Willi syndrome, which strikes only 1 in 15,000 people, can cause learning issues, muscles weakness, a slow metabolism and an insatiable appetite.

Stem cell researchers have reversed Prader-Willi syndrome in brain cells growing in the lab. The discovery provides clues that could lead to a treatment for Prader-Willi, a genetic disorder that ...

That reason accounts for about 30 percent of Prader-Willi cases, Jensen said. According to the National Institutes of Health, Prader-Willi syndrome affects 1 in 15,000 to 30,000 people.

November 17, 2015 / 10:51 PM MST / CBS Colorado By Kathy Walsh DENVER (CBS4) - Imagine having an insatiable appetite. That's life for someone with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS).