Tay-Sachs Disease - Treatment

There is currently no treatment for Tay-Sachs disease. Scientists hope to develop some type of treatment eventually. The treatment would involve providing babies with Tay-Sachs disease new genes. These genes would take

Tay-Sachs disease causes the abnormal buildup of gangliosides, a fatty material required for the normal development of the brain. When the brain becomes clogged with this fatty material it is no longer able to function normally. (© 1992 IMS Creative. Reproduced by permission of Custom Medical Stock Photo.)
Tay-Sachs disease causes the abnormal buildup of gangliosides, a fatty material required for the normal development of the brain. When the brain becomes clogged with this fatty material it is no longer able to function normally. (© 1992
IMS Creative
. Reproduced by permission of
Custom Medical Stock Photo
.)

over the job of making the enzyme the babies currently lack. While this technology is now being investigated, no technique has yet been shown to work satisfactorily.

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