CSUF neuroscientist honored for his work on rare disease, engaging students

For the last decade, Cal State Fullerton neuroscientist Math P. Cuajungco has focused on research to find causes and a possible treatment for Mucolipidosis type IV, a rare genetic disease that typically leaves children unable to walk or talk, and can eventually lead to blindness.
Along with his lab students, Cuajungco has discovered that in ML-IV cells, an imbalance of zinc kills certain cells and can lead to neurodegenerative diseases. The ML-IV disorder affects children of Ashkenazi Jewish des