Author Archives: Diogo Pinto

Search for Biomarkers in CLN3 Mouse Model Fails to Yield Results, Study Reports

An animal study using a mouse model of CLN3 disease, the juvenile form of Batten disease, failed to identify any new biomarkers that could be used to track disease progression, which researchers say may be a result of variations in animal husbandry. The study, “Searching for novel biomarkers…

‘Behind These Hands,’ a Novel-in-Verse, Illustrates Affects of Batten Disease Diagnosis

Award-winning novelist Linda Vigen Phillips has released her second young adult novel, “Behind These Hands,” about the life of a teenage girl turned upside down by a diagnosis of Batten disease. The story behind the book is based on an experience Phillips lived as a third-grade teacher, when a young boy…

New Mutation Found in Newborn with Congenital Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Case Study Reports

A new mutation was identified in a baby girl with congenital neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (CLN10), a rare disease that belongs to the heterogeneous group of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL), also known as Batten disease. The study, “Congenital Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis with a Novel CTSD Gene Mutation: A Rare Cause…