Late onset Tay-Sachs disease is a neurodegenerative condition that runs in families. This form of Tay-Sachs disease progresses slower than other forms and doesn’t typically shorten your life ...

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare central nervous system disorder in which symptoms typically begin in infancy. This disease can be found throughout the world but is most prevalent in people of Ashkenazi ...

Stewart Altman, wheelchair-bound, fights for cure as gene therapy shows promise. May 13, 2011— -- For 26 years, doctors could not piece together the medical puzzle of Stewart Altman's symptoms -- ...

Researchers have identified a potential treatment for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs diseases -- two rare, often fatal lysosomal storage disorders that cause progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain and ...

Tay-Sachs disease is an inherited, life threatening condition where nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord degenerate and die. This leads to progressive neurological dysfunction. A deficiency in the ...