Rare genetic condition may provide insights on Parkinson’s and other late-onset diseases
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 04:12
in Health & Medicine
A new article suggests that an enzyme deficiency seen in the lysosomal storage disorder Krabbe’s disease may point to new mechanisms underlying certain late-onset neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. Patients with Krabbe’s disease lack galactosylceramidase, which is needed to make the protective myelin coating around nerve cells.