Cheaper, more effective treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease possible

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 09:20 in Health & Medicine

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 accumulate in cells, resulting in liver/spleen enlargement, osteoporosis, bone pain, and increased risk of cancer and Parkinson's disease...

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