New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders
Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), a group of inherited metabolic disorders that are currently diagnosed in patients only after symptoms have become serious and the damage possibly irreversible.