2 children suffering from adrenoleukodystrophy saved thanks to t...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 11/04/2009 - 23:00

(ELA Association) The ELA Association and Zinedine Zidane, its emblematic ambassador, are proud to announce a world premiere: the results regarding the gene therapy in adrenoleukodystrophy conducted in France have just been published in the prestigious journal Science.

Two children have been treated and their diseases have been halted. The children are doing well, which is unexpected for a disease destroying the brain in a few months.

This discovery opens up treatment perspectives for numerous widespread diseases.


 

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