On this episode of Hypermobility Happy Hour we have two very special guests--Dr. Russell Norris, head of the Norris Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina and Cortney Gensemer, a graduate student and PhD candidate in the Norris Lab. The Norris lab has made some very exciting discoveries relating to connective tissue disorders and hypermobility specifically and so we’re very excited to get an update about what they’re doing and what the future might hold in terms of diagnosis and even treatments for hypermobility conditions.

The Norris lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with students and PhD graduates who use various molecular, biochemical and biomechanical tools to understand connective tissue conditions. Dr. Norris and his laboratory have spent over two decades working to understand the genetics of cardiovascular diseases including cardiomyopathies, mitral valve prolapse, aortic stenosis, and other aortic valve diseases. Recently, the Norris lab made a discovery of a very strong candidate gene for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Norris Lab | College of Medicine | MUSC https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/regenerative-medicine/research/norris-lab

MUSC researchers announce gene mutation discovery associated with EDS | MUSC | Charleston, SC https://web.musc.edu/about/news-center/2021/07/14/musc-researchers-announce-gene-mutation-discovery-associated-with-eds-ehlers-danlos