A lesson from fruit flies: Possible first therapy for an uncommon childhood disease
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 22:01
in Health & Medicine
Extending what they learned from flies to mice, researchers discover a possible first therapy for an uncommon childhood disease. Mucolipidosis IV (MLIV) is a devastating early childhood neurological disease characterized by progressive neurodegeneration, leading to severe impairments in muscle coordination, cognitive deficits and retinal degeneration that causes blindness.