Source: Drug breakthrough for children with rare form of extreme epilepsy – BBC News
A new drug is transforming the lives of children born with a severe form of epilepsy, say doctors and families.
Dravet syndrome, external can cause dozens of dangerous seizures a day and affects about one in every 15,000 babies born.
Without effective treatment, the outlook can be devastating, with uncontrolled fits putting children at high risk for injury and death.
The new drug zorevunersen is administered into the spine via an infusion and works by managing the underlying cause in most cases – a faulty gene affecting the brain.
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