Batten disease-causing mutations may lead to dysfunction of synapses, the structures that nerve cells use to connect with each…
Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
For children with Batten disease, some behavioral and emotional challenges are a response to difficulties brought on by the…
An inflammatory environment driven by brain cells called microglia may act to prevent the brain from repairing itself in…
A 13-year-old girl experiencing unexplained seizures and no other apparent symptoms was ultimately diagnosed with juvenile Batten disease, according…
The European Commission is expected to propose a new governing framework for health data next month, called the European Health…
Parents of children with juvenile Batten disease face many challenges, but may find value in small moments of joy,…
Mutations in the gene CLN5, which cause a form of late infantile Batten disease, disrupt the function and movement of…
Children with CLN5, a type of late infantile Batten disease, are now being recruited for a first-in-human clinical trial testing…
In children with late infantile Batten disease, degeneration in a specific part of the eye’s retina called the parafovea…
Enrollment in a clinical trial testing NGN-101 — an experimental gene therapy for CLN5, a type of late-infantile Batten…