Hunter syndrome is an exceedingly rare genetic disorder caused by a malfunctioning or missing enzyme. Patients with Hunter ...

People get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice, especially when exposed to their urine, droppings, and saliva. It can also spread through a bite or scratch by a rodent, but this is ...

Shire’s attempts to develop a drug for cognitive impairment from the rare inherited disease Hunter Syndrome has failed to produce results. The company’s Elaprase (idursulfase) is already ...

The UK regulatory authorities have approved the first ever trial of a revolutionary gene therapy for young children diagnosed with Hunter syndrome, a devastating rare lysosomal storage disorder. Five ...

The University of Manchester has announced today a groundbreaking gene therapy partnership to ease the lifelong suffering of people with Hunter syndrome. The University has agreed to a worldwide ...

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.

Two patients who received Sangamo’s zinc finger–based treatment for Hunter syndrome have lower biomarkers of the condition, but no signs of new enzyme production. Sangamo Therapeutics will use zinc ...