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Just days after the death of Lorenzo Odone, the man on whom the film "Lorenzo's Oil" is based, scientists have made a significant breakthrough in curing the disease that killed him. Adrenoleukodystrohpy is a genetically inherited diesease in which the...
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The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was depicted in the movie ' Lorenzo's Oil ' died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than doctors had predicted. Lorenzo Odone , who doctors had predicted...
Tags: lorenzo's oil, adrenoleukodystrophy, Lorenzo Odone, Augusto Odone, Virginia, nerve disease