Wilson's disease is a rare genetic disorder in which copper builds up in the body. It is also called progressive lenticular degeneration. The liver normally filters extra copper from the body ...

Check out this gallery to learn all about Wilson's disease. Unless you have Wilson's disease, or you know someone who does, you've probably never heard of this rare genetic condition.

A Hyderabad-based doctor diagnosed a 21-year-old woman with Wilson's disease after she began showing unusual movements while walking—which almost looked like dancing. While her family had ...

A biochemical diagnosis of Wilson's disease was established in 53 asymptomatic subjects, ranging in age from 15 months to 31 years. None had any pathognomonic physical sign of the disease.

For decades, Wilson’s Disease has evaded comprehensive treatment. The wide-ranging physical and neurological symptoms of the condition have upended afflicted patients’ lives, with no potential cure in ...

Last year, AstraZeneca reported that a new drug to treat Wilson disease developed by its Alexion rare diseases unit had hit the mark in a phase 3 trial, setting it on course for regulatory filings.

Monopar Therapeutics is recovering a drug from the scrap heap of AstraZeneca’s rare disease pipeline. It has licensed ALXN-1840, a candidate for the treatment of Wilson disease that was ...

Eton Pharmaceuticals has launched Galzin® (zinc acetate) capsules, the only FDA-approved zinc therapy for Wilson disease patients who have previously been treated with a chelating agent.

Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the acquisition of Galzin® (zinc acetate), an FDA-approved medication for the maintenance treatment of Wilson Disease, an ultra-rare metabolic condition ...

Wilson’s disease is an inherited condition that causes copper to collect in your body. Wilson’s disease is autosomal recessive. This means you must have two copies of the gene to develop the condition ...

To examine this hypothesis, three disease associated mutations were identified in the amino terminus of the Wilson ATPase in regions conserved among the copperbinding domains (Fig. 4). When ...

Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism resulting from the absence or dysfunction of a copper transporting P-type ATPase encoded on chromosome 13. This ATPase is ...