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Supplemental screening for krabbe disease now available

Hunter’s Hope Foundation celebrates while continuing to advocate for Krabbe NBS through expanded & universal state programs

Orchard Park, NY – Hall of Fame Quarterback and Hunter’s Hope Founder Jim Kelly and his wife Jill are elated to announce that a test that could have saved their son Hunter (February 14, 1997 – August 5, 2005) is now available to Every Child. Every Time. Everywhere. TM

As of October 2011, supplemental newborn screening for Krabbe Leukodystrophy, as well as five similar Lysosomal Storage Disorders, is available through PerkinElmer Genetics LSD Supplemental Newborn Screening Packet. The Krabbe newborn screen, which was once available only to babies born in New York State, is done through a simple heel prick within the first few days of life.
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Breakthrough in MS possible with new research, 2012 Professor

Robin Franklin, Cambridge University

A discovery that ageing nerve fibres can be rejuvenated by young cells may have important implications for treating multiple sclerosis (MS), scientists said today.
MS occurs when the immune system destroys myelin, the fatty insulating layer that protects nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord.
Symptoms can range from mild numbness and tingling to vision loss and crippling paralysis.
Early in the disease, the myelin can repair itself to some extent and maintain normal nerve function.
However as the patient ages, this ability - known as remyelination - is increasingly lost, making treatment much more difficult.
Less myelin is restored until nerve fibres are permanently destroyed.
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