http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Batten disease is a rare, fatal genetic disorder that affects children. Currently, no effective treatment exists for the disease, which ultimately kills all who are affected. Dachshunds also suffer from Batten disease, and now researchers from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine, in collaboration with BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., have developed a treatment for the disease that has significantly delayed the onset and progression of symptoms in the Dachshunds. The effectiveness of the treatment in the dogs has been so encouraging that plans are underway to initiate human trials of the therapy in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-effective-treatment-late-infantile-batten.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:20:01 EST news279819926 The body has a built-in system known as autophagy, or 'self-eating,' that controls how cells live or die. Deregulation of autophagy is linked to the development of human diseases, including neural degeneration and cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-molecular-key-cellular.html Medical research Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:51:22 EST news263055062