The only drug that treats children with a rare degenerative disease called Batten disease could be withdrawn within the next ...

The community has rallied around the family of a young girl diagnosed with an extremely rare degenerative condition.

James Murray is running the Inverness Half Marathon next month to support Sophie’s Story, set up for little Sophie Mason who ...

James Murray is running the Inverness Half Marathon next month to support Sophie’s Story, set up for little Sophie Mason who ...

The mother of a terminally ill 11-year-old has spoken of her heartbreak at knowing her daughter may not live past her teens.

Anna Lowri Roberts, from Sarn Mellteyrn, in Gwynedd, was diagnosed with CLN3 Batten Disease in May 2022. The illness is a fatal neurological disorder that usually begins in childhood. The strain ...

Anna Lowri Roberts is one of 39 people in the UK with CLN3 Batten Disease The mother of a terminally ill 11-year-old has spoken of her heartbreak at knowing her daughter may not live past her teens.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

An organic disease is one in which there is a measurable change to tissues, organs, or body systems. A functional disease is one in which there are abnormal symptoms or changes in function but with no ...

The exact number of kids with Batten disease remains unknown; however, some researchers have estimated it affects around three out of every 100,000 children in the U.S. Two of Tracy VanHoutan's ...

Louis have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team led by Jonathan ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study ...