News tagged with lysosomal storage disease

Sleeping Beauty hooks up with herpes to fight brain disease

Neuroscientists have forged an unlikely molecular union as part of their fight against diseases of the brain and nervous system.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Duke Studies New Approach in Fetal Transplants for Metabolic Disorders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say a new development in cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders may be curative for some babies who are treated while still in the womb.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists use blood-brain barrier as therapy delivery system

The blood brain barrier is generally considered an obstacle to delivering therapies from the bloodstream to the brain. However, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a way to turn the blood vessels ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers surprised by similar structures in Sanfilippo syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

Researchers seeking to understand the causes of a rare genetic lysosomal storage disease, Sanfilippo syndrome type B, were surprised to find protein aggregates, known as neurofibrillary tangles, that are usually ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0