Our clinic manages patients
with lysosomal storage diseases and I personally manage patients with Fabry and Pompe disease.
New research indicates that placental stem cell engraftment may represent an interesting new strategy to treat an enzyme deficiency associated
with a lysosomal storage disorder
Not exact matches
The drug candidate is intended for the treatment of subjects
with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, aka Batten Disease, a fatal
lysosomal storage disease that primarily affects the nervous system in children.
They chose Niemann - Pick Type C, a
lysosomal storage disease associated
with mutations in two ancient genes that are well - conserved in many organisms.
Members of the section use the NIH Clinical Center to evaluate individuals
with cystinosis, a
lysosomal membrane defect leading to
storage of the amino acid cystine and causing kidney failure in childhood.
The objective of the fellowship is to provide an in - depth clinical research training experience at a premier medical center
with expertise and significant clinical volume in the area of biochemical genetics, including
lysosomal storage diseases, as well as in therapeutics and clinical trials involving patients
with these and other metabolic diseases and, thereby, to increase the number of medical geneticists
with interest, knowledge, and expertise in this area.
Patients
with mucolipidosis type IV, an autosomal recessive
lysosomal storage disease, may be constitutively achlorhydric.
In the lipid
storage form of
lysosomal storage disease I mentioned that dogs and cats can be born
with decreased or missing lysosome enzymes that allows them to process fatty substances (lipids).