Pompe disease is a rare and often fatal muscle disease caused by an inherited deficiency of the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase, which is responsible for breaking down glycogen within cells. Pompe disease ranges from a rapidly fatal infantile-onset form with severe cardiac involvement to a more slowly progressive late-onset form primarily affecting skeletal muscle. There is currently no therapeutic treatment available for the disease, which affects an estimated 5,000-10,000 people worldwide.
Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have made a breakthrough in understanding how our cells manage to stay healthy by recycling important fat molecules.
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