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What are the treatments for Barth Syndrome?
Is there any treatment? There is no specific treatment for Barth syndrome. Bacterial infections caused by neutropenia can be effectively treated with antibiotics. The drug granulocyte colony stimulating factor, or GCSF, can stimulate white cell production by the bone marrow and help combat infection. Medicines may be prescribed to control heart problems. The dietary supplement carnitine has aided some Barth children but in others it has caused increasing muscle weakness and even precipitated heart failure. Only careful dietary monitoring directed by a physician or nutritionist familiar with the disorder can ensure proper caloric and nutritional intake. Source: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/barth/barth.htm
What are examples product of modern biotechnology?
Biotechnology has presence in different fields, these are some of the most characteristic products that come from biotech development:Biopharmaceuticals, such as: recombinant proteins for treatment of diabetes (insulin), anemia (erythropoietin), cancer (monoclonal antibodies or mAbs, granulocyte colony stimulating factor or GCSF, etc.), multiple sclerosis or MS (interferon), etc.Ecology, such as: conversion of cellulose and lignocellulose compounds by enzymatic hydrolisis and acetone-butanol fermentation.Biofuels, e.g., the obtention of ethanol as biofuel by yeast fermentation of corn raw materials and the production of biogas (methane) by anaerobic fermentation of organic waste (also called as biogas farms).Medicine, the creation of new drugs based upon immobilized proteins or enzymes specific for a particular antigen in degenerative diseases, and the new "nanobots" for specific site-directed deliver biotech drugs.Agriculture, such as: the new genetic modified organisms or GMOs with improved resistance to diseases or plagues and increased or nutrient contents.
