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Lorenzo's Oil Case Study

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Conclusion/summary of facts Augusto and Michaela Odone; brave and hardworking parents of an ALD patient had ‘a new hope’, without background of medicine and science they discovered the ‘solution’ Lorenzo’s oil. This oil lowered Lorenzo’s levels of VLCFAs to normal but, most unfortunately did not reverse his neurological defects. There was slow progress of the disease since he has started with the oil. Lorenzo lived till the age of 30 years. In contrast, to Lorenzo many ALD patients do not survive long once they have developed symptoms of ALD. This raised a huge debate, does Lorenzo’s oil work? Considering that his neurological defects did not stop. Firstly, Could they have a possibility that Lorenzo was different than other ALD patients? Secondly,

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