For many years, the cause of Tay-Sachs was unknown, until in 1969 doctors discovered the common thread: babies with the disease all lacked the enzyme Hexosaminidase A. There is no cure for a ...

Tay-Sachs disease, the more common of the two disorders ... intensive hospital care as symptoms worsen, and our current treatment options are severely limited. But now, there's hope." ...

Episode four of Kantar Health’s Health Heroes podcast tackles pharma’s rare disease challenges ... co-founder of The Cure & Action for Tay-Sachs (or CATS) Foundation. Dan’s eldest daughter ...

In this webinar, Kevin J. Tracey and Lawrence Steinman will discuss how researchers study the immunology of the brain and its roles in health and disease.

In one particular variant of this disease known as mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I), a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase causes a build up of GAGs in tissues and organs, which in turn ...

Fabry disease and GM2 gangliosidosis (also known as Tay-Sachs disease), but the company's earlier assessment of venglustat as a "pipeline in a pill" is starting to look shaky. The phase 2/3 STAGED ...

Carrying Tay-Sachs disease may protect against tuberculosis (TB). In Ashkenazim populations, up to 11 percent of the people are Tay-Sachs carriers. During World War II, TB ran rampant in Eastern ...