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Canavan's disease

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Can·a·van's disease (kn-vnz, -vnz)


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Leah Cambridge was diagnosed with Canavan's Disease - a degenerative brain condition - when she was just six months old.
That reaction converts N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid (NAA) and somehow holds the clue to Canavan's disease and possibly other, related myelin diseases as well, Matalon says.
The results from an EAE model indicate that this drug may also have therapeutic potential for a great number of other neurologic conditions such as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Transverse Myelitis, Krabbe's Leukodystrophy, Alexander's Disease, Canavan's Disease and Adrenoleukodystrophy," he concluded.
 
 
 
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