Treatment of krabbe disease with umbilical cord blood transplantion (UCBT) and increased galactocerebrosidase (GALC) expression

This application provides methods of treating Krabbe disease, for example in an infant. Such methods can include immunosuppressing the patient, for example by administration of a myeloablative regimen, administering an umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) (such as an allogenic UCBT), and increasin...

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Main Authors Szabolcs, Paul, Escolar, Maria Luisa
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.05.2019
Subjects
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS
SPIRITS
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:This application provides methods of treating Krabbe disease, for example in an infant. Such methods can include immunosuppressing the patient, for example by administration of a myeloablative regimen, administering an umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) (such as an allogenic UCBT), and increasing expression of galactocerebrosidase (GALC) in the patient (e.g., by using gene editing).
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20180210326