RPS24 and Diamond-Blackfan anemia: Interestingly, mutations in human ribosomal proteins (including RPS24) cause Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA, RPS24 is DBA3 MIM:610629); a dominant Minute-like condition characterized by growth impairment, bone marrow failure, and congenital malformations with a high penetrance of CHD (~ 30%) [49, 50].