Test May Diagnose Deadly Niemann-Pick Type C (VIDEO)

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Niemann-Pick type C, a fatal genetic disorder that frequently takes years to diagnose, may now be detectable with a simple blood test, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the National Institutes of Health. Washington University researcher Daniel Ory and the parents of a daughter with NPC discuss the findings.

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Clark Bowen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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