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Un cóctel de antioxidantes, potencial terapia para la adrenoleucodistrofia

Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:00 administrator

From Diario Médico
February 3, 2011

Un grupo dirigido por Aurora Pujol, del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (Idibell), ha descubierto que la combinación de tres antioxidantes revierte los principales síntomas de la adrenoleucodistrofia ligada al cromosoma X. El ensayo piloto en humanos está en fase de reclutamiento y pendiente de aprobación para comenzar.

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Gene Therapy Halts Fatal Brain Disease

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 00:00 administrator

From Wired Science
November 5, 2009
By Brandon Keim

Scientists have used gene therapy to halt the progression of adrenoleukodystrophy, a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by a single defective gene, in two seven-year-old boys.

It took more than a decade to refine the therapy, in which stem cells taken from the boys’ bone marrow were hacked with healthy copies of the gene, then returned to their bodies. Without them, the boys would soon be dead.

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El ácido valproico es efectivo en adrenoleucodistrofia ligada al X

Friday, 12 March 2010 00:00 administrator

From Diario Médico
March 12, 2010

Un estudio realizado en el Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (Idibell) ha demostrado que el ácido valproico, actualmente indicado para tratar la epilepsia, es capaz de corregir los biomarcadores de daño oxidativo en pacientes con adrenoleucodistrofia ligada al X.

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Gene therapy could cure Lorenzo’s Oil brain disease

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 00:00 administrator

From The Times
November 6, 2009

A devastating brain disease that kills boys by the time of adolescence has been stopped in its tracks by a gene therapy that raises hope for thousands of families.

The treatment has halted the development of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) — the genetic disorder featured in the film Lorenzo’s Oil — in two Spanish boys aged 7 who would otherwise have suffered progressive and ultimately fatal brain damage. A third boy has also been treated, but too recently for doctors to know whether it has been successful.

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