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Another study published in the Lancet in October found that gene therapy had restored partial vision to five children and seven adults with a congenital eye disease that causes blindness. And a paper published earlier this month in Science reported the successful treatment of two children with ALD, or adrenoleukodystrophy - a neurological disorder that leads to progressive brain damage and death in two to five years...
DIED. Hugo Moser, 82, neurologist and world authority on the rare disorder adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), known in part for his depiction in Lorenzo's Oil, a 1992 film detailing the struggles of parents Augusto and Michaela Odone to find treatments for their son; in Baltimore, Md. In 2005, after the Odones patented a treatment involving a blend of olive and other oils, Moser published a study showing that Lorenzo's Oil, now deemed experimental by the Food and Drug Administration, can prevent the onset of symptoms for most boys with a diagnosis of ALD...