Adam Pearson used his neurofibromatosis struggles to succeed in acting and advocacy, inspiring others to accept differences ...

What are the symptoms of NF1? Among the common signs of the condition are freckles or brownish spots called cafe-au-lait ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most common of the three types of neurofibromatosis and is also one of the most common inherited neurological disorders, affecting about 1 in 3,000 people ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SpringWorks Therapeutics’ Gomekli (mirdametinib) to treat neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a rare genetic disorder affecting approximately 100,000 ...

All people have two copies of every gene – one copy inherited from each parent. The NF1 gene mutation is dominant, which means that only one of the two copies of the gene needs to have the mutation to ...