Tay-Sachs disease is named after Warren Tay and Bernard Sachs. In 1881, Tay, a British ophthalmologist, described a patient with a cherry-red spot on the retina of the eye. Sachs, a New York neurologist, provided the first description of the cellular changes in Tay-Sachs disease several years later. He also observed that most babies with Tay-Sachs disease were of eastern European Jewish origin. Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal inherited disease of the central nervous system as …showed first 75 words of 1512 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1512 total…several genetic diseases and may eventually be helpful for children with Tay-Sachs. The National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) supports research to find ways to treat and prevent inherited disorders such as Tay-Sachs disease. NINDS investigators are currently conducting basic biochemical and molecular genetic research studies to try to deliver enzymes and normal (corrective) genes to the brain. Families affected by Tay-Sachs disease can contact The National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.