Study Validates Benefits of 'Lorenzo's Oil'

Torvek writes "New Scientist has an article that discusses the medicinal oil from the Lorenzo movie. Apparently it's been proved to actually prevent the onset of symptoms when taken early enough."

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Re:That movie was excellent , Lorenzo's oil.

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It's a decent movie, but be forwarned that it's still a hollywood movie and they try to make scientists into the bad guy. From what I understand most of the bad guy scientist stuff was manufactured by Hollywood to make a better script. This pisses me off because many people get their impressions of the world from movies more than anyone cares to admit. Beyond that, you have to get past Nick Nolte's Italian accent, which is pretty funny. The story is pretty amazing though, since the father has no training in science, and still manages to have a major insite after self-educating himself about molecular biology and this disease. In terms of people becoming more involved in medicine, and not just passive participants it's a great story.