Albinism is an inherited condition present at birth, characterized by a lack of pigment that normally gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. Many types of albinism exist, all of which involve lack of pigment in varying degrees. The condition, which...

Albinism is an inherited condition present at birth, characterized by a lack of pigment that normally gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. It is a rare disorder and it occurs in fewer than five people per 100,000 in the United States and Europe....

Albinism refers to a group of inherited conditions that results in little or no pigment, a matter which gives the skin, hair, and eyes their color. The primary role of this pigment, called melanin, is to protect the skin from sun damage by absorbing...

Albinism (from Latin albus, "white"; see extended etymology) is a form of hypopigmentary congenital disorder, characterized by a partial (in hypomelanism, also known as hypomelanosis) or total (amelanism or amelanosis) lack of melanin pigment in the...

Byline: Joel Reese Daily Herald Staff Writer Growing up as an African-American with albinism, Sandra Saunders felt excruciatingly trapped between two wildly divergent worlds. "Here I was in a black neighborhood with black parents, and I was this blond-haired, blue-eyed girl...

BYLINE: NDUKU BUTHELEZI I-ALBINISM, okuyisimo lapho isikhumba namehlo omuntu kungakhombisi ibala, ithathwa ngabaningi njengesiqalekiso. Abanye bathi kudalwa yisono esithile esenziwa ngomunye wabazali balowo osuke ekuleso simo. Ngenxa yalo mqondo nokucwaseka kwabantu abakulesi simo, baningi asebethintekile bazibanda-kanya nenhlangano efundisa kabanzi ngalesi simo....

When Albin and Melanie Ulle are asked about their favorite places in "1,000 Places To See Before You Die," they talk less about the destinations than the people they met:_ The maitre d' in France who proudly wore an American flag on his lapel._ The...

Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.What she fears is not being able to breathe.Nieves is among hundreds of Puerto Ricans who have a rare type of albinism that leads to a deadly lung disease....