Pennsylvania Researchers Find Liver Transplants Provide Metabolic Cure For Rare Genetic Disease

... Liver transplants cured the metabolic symptoms of 11 patients with a rare but devastating genetic condition known as Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD), according to a study by researchers from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Clinic for Special Children.All patients from the study (ranging in age from 1-20) are alive and well with normal liver function, according to the researchers... click link for more info. ...