TULSA, Okla — A local non-profit is helping a Bartlesville family navigate life after the diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder. The Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders started right here in ...

'Lorenzo's Oil' was to help a seriously ill boy suffering from a peroxisomal disorder (adrenoleukodystrophy/ALD). The true story was turned into a film which made the rare disease well known.

KNOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT/Gray News) - A Kentucky family celebrated a major milestone as their youngest child, who was diagnosed with a rare disease shortly after birth, turned 1 year old. Nearly every ...

Peroxisomal biogenesis disorder, which has been linked only to lipid metabolism, is also associated with sugar metabolism. Meeting a young patient with Zellweger syndrome, a rare, life-threatening ...

Patients with peroxisomal dysfunction disorders lack peroxisomes or certain peroxisomal enzymes. Assay of activity of the peroxisomal membrane enzyme dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyl transferase ...

Meeting a young patient with Zellweger syndrome, a rare, life-threatening genetic disease, started a scientific investigation that culminated with an unexpected discovery. The condition, also known as ...