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Gene therapy for LPLD patients linked to lower frequency and severity of pancreatitis

news-medical.net October 3, 2016

Up to 6 years after receiving a single treatment with the gene therapy product lipoprotein lipase (LPL), patients with the debilitating genetic disease LPL deficiency (LPLD) had about 50% fewer episodes of pancreatitis than before receiving the treatment.