{"id":166590,"date":"2024-12-17T14:35:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=166590"},"modified":"2024-12-23T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:23:12","slug":"linoleic-acid-angelman-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/linoleic-acid-angelman-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"A Compound Present in Plant Oils could be the Key to Treating a Rare Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Angelman Syndrome is a rare disease that primarily affects the nervous system<\/strong>, causing intellectual disability, severe movement and balance problems, speech impairment, and seizures. Although there is currently no cure and treatments are limited, a recent discovery could considerably improve the lives of those diagnosed with this ailment: linoleic acid, a type of omega-6, was linked to improved mobility and coordination in an animal model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around the world, it is estimated that this condition affects one in ten thousand people<\/a>, which is why it is considered a rare disease<\/a>, and the first signs can be detected as early as six months of age<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the first signs are developmental delays, such as not crawling or babbling when they have reached these first months of life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Farrell, the well-known Irish actor, is the father of James, a twenty-year-old man who was diagnosed with this syndrome when he was two and a half years old. According to Farrell, there is still much to be done to guarantee <\/strong>that people like his son have a dignified life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI obviously have a certain amount of means, having had a career in film for twenty plus years and we still struggle with finding the kind of support that James deserves,<\/strong> and should rightfully have,\u201d he told<\/a> The Guardian<\/em> recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although efforts to find innovative therapies are not as plentiful as with other diseases, there are those who are looking for answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent study<\/a>, a group of researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and the School of Engineering and Sciences<\/a> (EIC) at Tec de Monterrey, found that a diet high in linoleic acid can improve mobility in an animal model of Angelman Syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you study the basic science of the cells and molecules that make up living bodies, you will then have the ability to propose a therapeutic route,\u201d says Francisco Sierra<\/a>, a research professor at the EIC who was part of the team, in an interview with TecScience<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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