11. Cystinosis was the first documented genetic disease belonging to the group of Lysosomal storage disease disorders.12. Without treatment, children with cystinosis are likely to experience complete kidney failure by about age ten. 13. People with non-nephropathic or ocular cystinosis do not usually experience growth impairment or kidney malfunction. 14. Six hundred people in the United States are known to have cystinosis ; Shea is one of them. 15. Cystinosis occurs due to a mutation in the gene kidney failure by age 6 years in the nephropathic form.16. Instead of a national headquarters, the Cystinosis Research Network is run out of the Hammond family's kitchen. 17. But in the 1970s, Thoene, the Tulane University specialist, co-developed a medicine to treat cystinosis . 18. The signs and symptoms of intermediate cystinosis are the same as nephropathic cystinosis, but they occur at a later age. 19. The signs and symptoms of intermediate cystinosis are the same as nephropathic cystinosis , but they occur at a later age. 20. And, just possibly, one of those biotech companies near the Hammond household will come up with a cure for cystinosis .
