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Combination small molecule PPT1 mimetic and CNS‐directed gene therapy as a treatment for infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
6 Feb 2012
Abstract excerpt
Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) is a profoundly neurodegenerative disease of children caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme palmitoyl protein thioesterase-1 (PPT1). There is currently no effective therapy for this invariably fatal disease. To date, preclinical experiments using single treatments have resulted in incremental clinical improvements. Therefore, we determined the efficacy of...
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