Tay Sachs Disease

The Cure Tay-Sachs Foundation (CTSF) has lately awarded over $208,000 in three research grants to study the degenerative neurological illness. Tay-Sachs, which is always fatal in children, appears in the absence of the enzyme Hex A, which permits fats to build up in brain cells, finally destroying them. (from http://www.hovied.com/world/tay-sachs-disease-tay-sachs-reasearch-tay-sachs-treatment-0205444.html)