A new cystinosis treatment has shown positive results in treating a rare genetic disease, but it has also has an unexpected side effect.
A new experimental cystinosis treatment has proven successful but has also had an unintended side effect. According to a report, four out of five patients who have taken part in a clinical trial to treat cystinosis have seen a change in their hair color following treatment.
That’s not a very long life, especially when you consider that a disease like cystinosis isn’t something you have any control over picking up. The doctors extracted blood stem cells from Janz’s bone marrow and then began genetically modifying them in a lab. At the same time, Janz had to undergo chemotherapy to destroy the rest of the faulty cells.that the entire process of the cystinosis treatment was “physically grueling.
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