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Lorenzo’s oil: the sequel
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The filmLorenzo’s Oil dramatically illustrated the predicament of families where there is a child with an untreatable inherited metabolic disease. The oil devised as treatment by the father of a child with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) has proved disappointing but new research (Stephen Kemp and colleagues.Nature Medicine1998;4:1261–8. See …

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