Adrenoleukodystrophy

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Areas that research this condition

Research

Mayo Clinic researchers study potential diagnostic tests and improved treatments and outcomes for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), including:

  • Medications to lower very long-chain fatty acid levels in your blood
  • Lorenzo's oil, a mixture of chemicals that may help reduce or delay symptoms of ALD by inhibiting the enzyme that causes the lengthening of saturated fatty acids
  • Gene therapy to slow progress of the condition

Learn more about research in neurology, pediatric neurology, and blood and marrow transplant.

Publications

See a list of publications about adrenoleukodystrophy by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

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Adrenoleukodystrophy care at Mayo Clinic

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Joseph Sirven, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic: Mayo's mission is about the patient. The patient comes first. So the mission and research here is to advance how we can best help the patient, how to make sure the patient comes first in care. So in many ways, it's a cycle. It can start with as simple as an idea worked on in a laboratory, brought to the patient bedside, and if everything goes right — and let's say it's helpful or beneficial — then brought on as a standard approach. And I think that is one of the unique characteristics of Mayo's approach to research — that patient-centeredness — that really helps to put it in its own spotlight.