New Diagnostic Offers Fast Answers For Group of Rare Diseases

Lysosomal storage disorders are a group of genetic rare diseases that can manifest themselves in a diverse set of symptoms and can be difficult to diagnose. Now Courtagen Life Sciences has brought to market LysoSEEK, a next-generation genetic tests for sequencing 94 genes associated with nearly 60 metabolic disorders. The new test provides an alternative to the piecemeal testing that can provide a long, slow, and costly path to an answer. We spoke to Richard Boles, medical director of Courtagen, about this group of diseases, the importance a faster diagnosis can play in minimizing irreversible damage, and how the new test changes the diagnostic landscape for these patients.