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Enzyme Therapy
For Gaucher's

DVORA WAYSMAN

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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n extract of afterbirth
placentas, more expen-
sive than the most ex-
clusive perfume, is
proving very beneficial in the
treatment of Gaucher's
disease. This disease is
characterized by abnormal
storage of lipoids — fatty cells
— particularly in the spleen,
bone marrow and liver.
This enzyme deficiency,
which causes the accumula-
tion of fatty cells, was describ-
ed over a century ago by Dr.
Philippe Gaucher, a French-
man, who is credited with
identifying the first case in
1882. He didn't know the
cause but described an
unusually swollen spleen.
The symptoms include a
distended belly from the
enlarged liver or spleen,
anemia, fatigue, bone frac-
tures and a tendency to bleed
easily. Some patients exhibit
malformed limbs due to weak
bones. The potentially fatal
Gaucher's, like Tay-Sachs, is
a genetic disease that strikes
fewer than one in 40,000 peo-
ple in the general population
in the United States.
Shaare Zedek Medical
Center in Jerusalem, under
the direction of Dr. Ari
Zimran, opened a Gaucher's
disease clinic in October 1989
and specialzies in the testing
and care of over 170 patients
who are referred from all over
Israel. Until a few years ago,
the only thing doctors could
do was to remove the enlarg-
ed spleen, without which it is
possible for people to live.
Later developments made
possible the replacement of
damaged joints, especially
hips, that fractured from the
pressure of surplus fat.
Ceredase is the commercial
name of the new preparation
of natural enzyme which is
extracted and modified from
human placentas. Ceredase
replaces a missing enzyme in
patients' bodies, allowing
organs to function properly by
expelling fats that otherwise
accumulate in Gaucher pa-
tients at potentially crippling
levels.
By enzyme replacement
therapy, many patients have
been able to return to normal
working lives. However,
Ceredase is one of the most
costly drugs in medical
history, Hope is that it will even-
tually be synthesized and that a
much cheaper enzyme will be
available to all who need it. El

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