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lipofuscin
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lipofuscin [‚lip·ə′fyüs·ən]
(biochemistry)
Any of a group of lipid pigments found in cardiac and smooth muscle cells, in macrophages, and in parenchyma and interstitial cells; differential reactions include sudanophilia, Nile blue staining, fatty acid, glycol, and ethylene.


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Batten disease is the most common form of a group of rare disorders known as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs).
Also known as Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren-Batten Disease, it is the most common form of a group of disorders called Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, or NCLs.
Palo Alto, CA, announced it has received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR, to initiate a Phase I clinical trial of the company's proprietary human neural stem cell product - HuCNS-SC - to treat infantile and late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), two forms of a group of disorders often referred to as Batten disease.
 
 
 
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