Canavan disease is a severe inherited condition that can cause developmental problems in children. There is currently no cure, but some treatments and support may help.

Canavan disease is a hereditary condition that's present at birth. Learn why it develops, its symptoms, and more.

Breakthrough in understanding Canavan disease Date: April 27, 2015 Source: University of California - Davis Health System Summary: Investigators have settled a long-standing controversy ...

Canavan disease currently has no cure, and most children diagnosed with it do not live past 10 years old, according to the nonprofit advocacy group Canavan Foundation. "Canavan disease is a rare ...

While Benny Landsman became the first to receive gene therapy for Canavan disease, the family hopes that his brother, Josh, 3, might be the second. Courtesy the Landsman family.

UNSW researchers have tailored gene therapy for a rare genetic disorder called Canavan disease, and say it could eventually be adapted to treat other inherited disorders affecting the brain.

In August, the Landsmans learned their young sons both had the rare Canavan disease. After feeling hopeless, they decided to devote their energy to finding a cure. Courtesy of Jennie Landsman.

Benny and Josh Landsman have a rare brain disease called Canavan's disease. (Photo: CBSN New York) "My world kind of collapsed," Jennie said.

Canavan Disease. Genetically based, this rare autosomal, recessive, inherited disorder is marked by common symptoms that include onset in infancy between ages 3 and 6 months, macrocephaly ...

Fraternal twins Yael and Yoel Ilinetsky are battling an extremely rare genetic disease called Canavan Disease. Children with Canavan Disease often don't live past 10-years-old.

Dayton Children’s Hospital became the first hospital in the world to treat a child affected by Canavan Disease, a rare neurologic disorder, with gene therapy, the hospital announced Friday.