Marfan Syndrome

A drug commonly prescribed for high blood pressure may be able to save lives by blocking the formation of lethal aneurysms in patients with Marfan syndrome, according to a report today in the journal Science. Although the research was conducted in mice, it was so promising that the team will begin testing it in babies and children with the genetic disorder within a few months. "This is a landmark discovery," said Dr. Alan C.

He is called the Rebel Pharaoh. Shunned by his parents as a child, he turned his back on their world and their 2,000-year-old religion when he became pharaoh, creating both a new religion and a new capital in the sunbaked desert of Egypt. No pharaoh before or since broke so completely with Egyptian tradition and culture.

This is a story about a boy named Josh and a boy named Matt. They have a lot in common, these boys. Both are 11 years old. Both have a lively wit. And both possess special gifts and extraordinary powers. Josh Font seems like an ordinary American boy until he mysteriously finds himself in the Land of GinGin, the realm of an evil queen who commands an army of dragons.