Therapy for 'Lorenzo's oil' boys - BBC Health News 29th October 2007

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Doctors have for the first time used gene therapy to treat two boys with the rare nervous disorder made famous through the film "Lorenzo's Oil". Treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy has mainly involved bone marrow transplant, but this can be problematic due to lack of donors and rejection by the body.

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