Patricia Inácio, PhD, science writer —

Early photosensitivity may be a hallmark of ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease, according to the results of a small study. The study “Photosensitivity is an early marker of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 disease” was published in the journal Epilepsia. The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs), or Batten disease, are a heterogeneous group of lysosomal storage disorders that…

Current therapeutics, including gene therapy, that are based on delivery of TTP1 protein directly into the central nervous system of patients with Batten disease may not be enough to prevent all the symptoms associated with this condition. Using a canine model for the disease, researchers showed that this approach did…