Injecting drugs directly into the lungs to tackle life-threatening blood clots can halve the risk of death, a study has found.
Blood clots in the lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism, lead to about 25,000 deaths in the UK every year.
The condition is usually treated using blood thinners,
Today, several rare diseases are treated via enzyme replacement therapy, and scientists have even found a way to treat one disease before a person is even born.
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First successful enzyme therapy in humans — Science News, April 28, 1973
Fabry’s disease … [is caused by] a faulty fat-metabolizing enzyme called alpha-galactosidase. Because the abnormal enzyme does not break down lipids in the blood as it
