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WORLD Symposium Notebook: New Data In Lysosomal Diseases And A Push For Earlier Testing

 
• By Mandy Jackson

The WORLD Symposium Feb. 13 to 16 in San Diego offered everything from basic research through late-stage clinical data in lysosomal diseases, including ArmaGen's blood-brain barrier-crossing treatment for Hurler syndrome and updates from ongoing development programs from rare disease specialists, such as Genzyme, Amicus and Protalix.

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The WORLD Symposium from Feb. 13 to 16 in San Diego brought together academic researchers and biopharmaceutical companies to share emerging research in lysosomal diseases, including next-generation enzyme replacement therapies, gene therapies and tests that identify patients before debilitating effects of the diseases kick in.

Researchers, clinicians and biopharma company scientists presented a range of basic research, preclinical data and clinical trial results for Gaucher, Fabry and Farber diseases, Hunter and Hurler syndromes, and other...

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