Researchers continue 'extraordinary measures' to tackle Pompe disease

Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 02:21 in Health & Medicine

Researchers are hopeful that gene therapy will help patients in the late stages of Pompe disease breathe on their own. Efforts to find a treatment for Pompe disease are depicted in the film "Extraordinary Measures" starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, now playing in theaters.

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