News tagged with gaucher disease
A possible fix for misfolding proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Troubled proteins in need of rescue may someday have a champion in a common drug used to treat high blood pressure.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Cheaper, more effective treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease possible
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that new disease pathways involving more than one cell type leads to Type 1 Gaucher disease, a rare genetic disorder in which fatty substances called glycosphingolipids ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Scientists shed light on potential treatment for Gaucher's disease
In findings that advance scientists' understanding of a whole class of inherited disorders, a team from The Scripps Research Institute has shed light on a mechanism that enables a potential treatment for Gaucher's disease ...
May 09, 2010 |
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Phase II study of an oral therapy for Gaucher disease yields positive results
Gaucher disease, a rare enzyme deficiency disorder, is one of many conditions with few approved treatment options for patients. In a study published online today in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, resear ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 03, 2010 |
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Study conclusively ties rare disease gene to Parkinson's
An international team led by a National Institutes of Health researcher has found that carriers of a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease face a risk of developing Parkinson's disease more than five times greater ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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