Stewart Altman, wheelchair-bound, fights for cure as gene therapy shows promise. May 13, 2011— -- For 26 years, doctors could not piece together the medical puzzle of Stewart Altman's symptoms -- ...
JScreen, an organization that encourages people to undergo testing for genetic diseases, has launched a campaign highlighting families who lost children to Tay-Sachs disease. Tay-Sachs is a rare ...
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Scientists lay foundation for potential gene-editing therapy for late-onset Tay-Sachs disease
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have successfully reduced the severity of late-onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS) disease in human cell cultures and a mouse model by using a novel ...
Some 8,000 people who were screened for Tay-Sachs disease by several companies between 1992 and 1998 are being asked to contact the firms to determine if they need to be retested. Three babies were ...
Researchers have identified a potential treatment for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs diseases -- two rare, often fatal lysosomal storage disorders that cause progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain and ...
Dr. Matt Goldstein and Myra Sack lost their daughter, Havi, to Tay-Sachs disease in 2021. Tay-Sachs is a rare, inherited genetic disease primarily affecting infants and young children. There is no ...
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