Fashion models with albinism are popular, but many people with the condition face exclusion, health problems, and savage ...

Albinism is a rare genetic condition that results in a lack of pigmentation (melanin) that normally gives colour to hair, skin and eyes. People with albinism commonly experience sensitivity to bright ...

For persons with albinism, colour-based discrimination is not a probability; it is a daily reality,” Miti-Drummond said, ...

Study results were published in JCI Insight. "Because the greatest vision problems for people with albinism occur during the early development of the eye, our eventual goal is to work with infants," ...

As climate change worsens, people with albinism, particularly women, face heightened health risks from increased UV radiation, compounded by deep-rooted stigma and discrimination that impacts their ...

A small pilot clinical study at the National Eye Institute (NEI) suggests that the drug nitisinone increases melanin production in some people with oculocutaneous albinism type 1B (OCA-1B), a rare ...

A recent speech by a UN official calling on countries with hot climates to implement measures that would enable people with albinism to access skin cancer treatments has highlighted the lack of such a ...

June 13 marks International Albinism Awareness Day. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about albinism- a rare, genetically, inherited condition that causes a lack of pigmentation in the skin, ...

Stacy Omirin got the surprise of her life when she gave birth to twin boys in February 2019. Omirin knew she was carrying two babies — but she never imagined they would have different skin colors.

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 ...