Treatment Advances In Telomere Biology Disorders

Aki Ko, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Elixirgen Therapeutics, discusses treatment advances in telomere biology disorders.     Telomere biology disorders are a group of conditions that occur when patients have premature or faster shortening of...

The Importance of Rare Disease Registries

Alaa Hamed, MD, Global Head of Medical Affairs Rare Diseases at Sanofi, discusses the importance of rare disease registries.     One of the fundamental challenges of rare diseases is the scarcity of data. While traditional medical research utilizes large...

Enzyme Replacement Therapy In MPS IVA Patients

Barbara Burton, MD, Clinical and Biochemical Geneticist at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, discusses enzyme replacement therapy in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA.     Mucopolysaccharidoses...

Current Clinical Trials For MPS I and II

Mathias Schmidt, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of JCR USA, describes their current clinical trials for patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) I and II.     Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are a group of rare genetic lysosomal storage diseases,...