Not exact matches
Chris Hendrickson, a North Dakota native, who has Morquio Syndrome, or
mucopolysaccharidosis type 4A, a degenerative disease that affects his bones, recently had his wish
of meeting T.J. Oshie come true.
Researchers at the Biophysics Department
of the Federal University
of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil are developing a gene therapy for
mucopolysaccharidosis type I...
Clinical research activities are focused on the implementation
of experimental protocols based on gene or cell therapy for the treatment
of genetic blood disorders such as ADA - SCID, Wiskott - Aldrich Syndrome, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Beta - thalassemia, Chronic granulomatous disease,
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (Hurler).
Expression
of clusterin, a protein implicated in other etiologies
of cardiovascular disease, was assessed in canine and murine
mucopolysaccharidosis type I aortas via Western blot and in situ immunohistochemistry.
Mucopolysaccharidosis is a rare inherited autosomal recessive metabolic disorder found in the German Shepherd dog and a few other breeds and is characterized by clouding
of the corneas and skeletal deformities.
If
mucopolysaccharidosis is the underlying problem, some neutrophil and lymphocyte cells in the blood film generally contain large numbers
of small purplish granules (azurophilic granules).