Learn about our Editorial Policies. Twenty years ago, Ilyce Randell and her husband received devastating news: their son Maxie, who was a little over four months old at the time, had Canavan disease.

A RARE AND FATAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASE THAT CAUSES PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE TO NERVE CELLS AND LOSS OF WHITE MATTER IN THE BRAIN. GETTING THAT DIAGNOSIS WHEN FAMILIES WOULD GET THAT, THE DOCTORS WOULD GIVE ...

The clinical trial has given the girl a fresh chance at life after being diagnosed in 2021 with Canavan disease, a rare degenerative neurological disorder with a “terrible prognosis [and] life ...

Educates at-risk populations about Canavan disease and other Jewish genetic diseases and the reproductive options available to carrier couples. Encourages carrier screening for these diseases whenever ...

and Canavan disease, both of which result from mutations in enzymes in the sulphatide pathway. There are no cures for these diseases, which are typically treated with enzyme-replacement therapy ...

FOUR AND A HALF YEAR OLD NOAH GREENWOOD HAS CANAVAN DISEASE, A RARE GENETIC DISORDER AFFECTING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, MUSCLES AND EYES. SHE RECEIVED GENE THERAPY DEVELOPED AT UMASS CHAN. THIS IS REAL ...

Noa Greenwood, 4, has Canavan disease, a rare genetic disorder affecting the nervous system, muscles, and eyes. Noa received gene therapy developed at UMass Chan. “This is real people that this ...

The distribution of diagnosed leukoencephalopathies was as follows: metachromatic leukodystrophy 62, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy 60, Krabbe disease 39, Canavan disease 16, Alexander disease 13 ...