Richard L. Proia is in the Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 9N-314, 10 Center DR MSC 1821, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. proia@nih.gov
Defects in the breakdown of gangliosides are associated with a class of disorders known as lysosomal storage diseases. Now, a defect in the synthesis of gangliosides, glycolipids that contain sialic acid and are abundant in the brain, has been shown to underlie an inherited form of epilepsy.
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