Lorenzo's oil a MCA universal picture was filmed in 1992. Based on a true story with Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte playing the parents Michalla and Augosto Odone of Lorenzo who is played by Peter Ustinov. At 5 years old Lorenzo is faced with a fatal disease called Adrenoleukodystrophy also known as ALD. The Odone`s then begin a mission to find a cure for the terminal disease. The Odone`s weren't dealt much time for the prognosis of the disease is about 2 years. With the extensive studying Lorenzo's parents were able to keep him alive well past 2 years. And after many trial and errors a cure was found and named after Lorenzo. The oil proves to bring ALD patients sugar level down to normal.
Adrenoleukodystrophy is an X linked genetic disorder. In ALD the body is unable to break down very long chain fatty acid chains, this cause the myelin sheath around nerves in the brain or the spinal cord to deteriorate. When occurs the nerve can not f
A major thing a leaned from this movie is that there are so many disease that people are not aware of even exist are out there. Fatal diseases not known to many take peoples lives everyday and with out the determination of one family many more little boys would not be alive right now. Also that you must not give up just because medical experts don't have an answer if its in your heart to find an answer never give up and put all your effort you can make things happen. You don't have to be a scientist to discover cures. This movie was very inspiring and educational I do think that you should play it for your next biology class it was informative yet entertaining at the same time which is a very hard thing to find I strong suggest showing this movie again.
The doctors concluded that saturated c24 and c26 foods contain long chain saturated fats, which are very harmful to ALD bodies. There is an excessive amount of these acids that are stored and cannot be