Family conference portraits with Positive Exposure’s Alison Graham

Featuring: Cockayne Syndrome (CS) , Trichothiodystrophy (TTD), and  Xeroderma Pigmentoseum (XP) overlaps. All of these conditions are related due to the type of DNA repair disorder they have called nucleotide excision repair (NER)

Cockayne syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder resulting from a DNA repair defect, leading to heightened sensitivity of cells in affected individuals to the lethal effects of UV light.