Combination Treatment in Mice Shows Promise for Fatal Neurological Disorder in Kids

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Combination Treatment in Mice Shows Promise for Fatal Neurological Disorder in Kids

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There are no effective treatments for Batten disease, a rare but fatal neurological disorder in children. But working in mice with the infantile form of the disease, scientists have discovered dramatic improvements in life span and motor function by treating the animals with gene therapy and bone marrow transplants.

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