Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Explained

  MSD is a rare genetic disease due to mutations in the SUMF1 gene. It is an autosomal recessive disorder, so both parents must be carriers and pass it on to their child. SUMF1 is involved in the development of formylglycine-generating enzyme (FGE) and absence of...

Treating Gaucher Disease Type 3: A History Lesson

  Pramod Mistry, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, provides an overview on how persons with Gaucher disease type 3 are managed.  Gaucher disease is a rare lysosomal disorder due to reduced levels of glucocerebrosidase that...

Gene Therapy For Fabry Disease Targets The Heart

    Raphael Schiffmann, MD, of 4D Molecular Therapeutics, discusses the cardiac effects of 4D-310 in adults with Fabry disease. Fabry disease is a rare lysosomal disorder that results in the buildup of globotriaosylceramide. Characteristic features of Fabry...