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The case of a South African man diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the heart muscle, who was later found to also have Fabry disease, suggests the rare inherited condition may be an underdiagnosed contributor to HCM, per a report. The researchers say this case “demonstrates the…

Mild to moderate cerebrovascular disease, which occurs when blood flow in the brain is impaired, is a characteristic brain signature in adults with Fabry disease, according to a new study. Nearly half of those examined showed signs of white matter damage, for which impaired kidney function was the sole…

A kidney biopsy can be important in diagnosing Fabry disease because it can confirm or rule out the condition when other tests like genetic analysis are inconclusive, according to a report detailing the case of a middle-aged woman in Italy. For this woman, 55, the results helped guide proper…

AL01211 may help stabilize symptoms in men with Fabry disease, while easing pain and improving quality of life, according to interim results from a Phase 2 trial. The trial (NCT06114329), underway at six sites in China, is primarily evaluating the safety of the Acelink Therapeutics treatment. AL01211…

Fabry disease is underdiagnosed across different minority ethnic groups in the U.K., a study suggests. Despite making up about one-fifth of the population of England and Wales, less than 10% of those who received a Fabry diagnosis were ethnic minorities, compared with 90% of the white population. “Further research…

A U.S.-based Phase 1/2a clinical trial testing AMT-191, uniQure’s gene therapy treatment for Fabry disease, has completed enrollment of the first patient group, and the company plans to start recruiting for the second group by the end of March. Dosing in the trial began in August 2024.

Five years after receiving the experimental Fabry disease gene therapy AVR-RD-01, kidney function in all five participants remains relatively stable, according to the final results of the Canadian FACTs study, which tested the treatment candidate in men with the condition. All five patients had significant and sustained increases in…

Women severely affected by Fabry disease and treated with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) and untreated women with less severe symptoms showed broadly stable disease course over five years, a study in Germany found. Treatment decisions were primarily based on the European guidelines for females with Fabry, which recommend…

SGLT2 inhibitors, medications approved for diabetes, could be used in Fabry disease to reduce albuminuria, which occurs when damaged kidneys let a large protein called albumin pass into the urine, according to a real-world study in adults with Fabry disease. Because patients were followed for a short period of…

A Fabry disease diagnosis for a woman in Portugal came only after she had a stroke in her early 40s, according to a new report in which the scientists highlighted “the importance of early diagnosis,” especially in nontypical cases. “The observed cerebrovascular [brain blood flow] complications [in this case]…