Vertigo drug brings hope for rare neuron disorder, Niemann-Pick
Tatiana Bremova-Ertl’s graduate adviser was studying a 1950s-era French vertigo drug for its effects on balance disorders when she thought of patients with Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC), a rare genetic disease. This condition can be fatal in early childhood or milder if appearing later, but it always leads to cognitive decline, speech and swallowing issues,…