WASHINGTON – The man whose parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease was depicted in the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than ...

WASHINGTON – The man whose parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than ...

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY (ALD) is a rare and terrible disease. A faulty X-chromosome lets very-long-chain fatty acids accumulate, and cripple the body. They eat away at the myelin sheath which insulates ...

Lorenzo Odone, whose illness prompted a determined effort by his parents to save him and inspired the Oscar-nominated film Lorenzo's Oil, has died, US media reported. He was aged 30. His father, ...

Augusto Odone, who rejected medical opinion and created an oil to save the life of his son Lorenzo has died. The former World Bank economist died in Italy aged 80, said his family. Augusto Odone ...

Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone was born on May 29 1978 in Washington DC, the son of Augusto Odone, an Italian-born economist with the World Bank and his second wife, Michaela, a linguist. It was clear ...

WASHINGTON – The man whose parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than ...

WASHINGTON – The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was depicted in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than ...

Lorenzo Odone, 30, whose parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease was depicted in the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil,” died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than ...