| 11. | Cystinosis was the first documented genetic disease belonging to the group of Lysosomal storage disease disorders.
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| 12. | Without treatment, children with cystinosis are likely to experience complete kidney failure by about age ten.
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| 13. | People with non-nephropathic or ocular cystinosis do not usually experience growth impairment or kidney malfunction.
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| 14. | Six hundred people in the United States are known to have cystinosis; Shea is one of them.
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| 15. | Cystinosis occurs due to a mutation in the gene kidney failure by age 6 years in the nephropathic form.
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| 16. | Instead of a national headquarters, the Cystinosis Research Network is run out of the Hammond family's kitchen.
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| 17. | But in the 1970s, Thoene, the Tulane University specialist, co-developed a medicine to treat cystinosis.
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| 18. | The signs and symptoms of intermediate cystinosis are the same as nephropathic cystinosis, but they occur at a later age.
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| 19. | The signs and symptoms of intermediate cystinosis are the same as nephropathic cystinosis, but they occur at a later age.
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| 20. | And, just possibly, one of those biotech companies near the Hammond household will come up with a cure for cystinosis.
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