This article is about the film. For the substance, see Lorenzo's oil.

Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 dramatic film directed by George Miller. It is based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).

Plot

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Failing to find a doctor capable of treating their young son Lorenzo's rare disease, Augusto and Michaela Odone seek their own cure. They set out on a mission to find a treatment and save their child. In their quest for a treatment the Odones clash with doctors, scientists, and support groups, who are skeptical that anything could be done about ALD, much less by laypeople. But they persist, setting up camp in medical libraries, reviewing animal experiments, badgering researchers, questioning top doctors all over the world, and even organizing an international symposium about the disease. Despite dead ends of research, the horror of watching their son's health decline, and being surrounded by skeptics, they persist until they finally hit upon a therapy involving adding a certain kind of oil (actually olive oil with two specific long chain fatty acids removed) to their son's diet. They contact over 100 firms around the world until they find an elderly British chemist who is willing to take on the challenge of distilling the proper formula. It proves successful in normalizing the accumulation of the very long chain fatty acids in the brain that have been causing their son's steady decline, thereby halting the progression of the disease. There is still a great deal of neurological damage remaining which cannot be reversed until new treatments are found to regenerate the myelin sheath (a lipid insulator) around the nerves.

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Lorenzo's Oil, social stratification, and optimization problems...it's gonna be a good week. Academically, at least.
electricalexis (Alexis Newton) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:31:34 -0000
Lorenzo's Oil, social stratification, and optimization problems...it's gonna be a good week. Academically, at least.
@jessespero And what of Lorenzo's oil?
mjschwar (Michael Schwartz) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:51:56 -0000
@jessespero And what of Lorenzo's oil?
watching lorenzo's oil
MichaelSaves (Michael) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:52:31 -0000
watching lorenzo's oil
@BuckyUnderbelly Lorenzo's Oil! That was it! Susan Sarandon. What a bitch.
beeblez (Bekka Hollander) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:21:46 -0000
@BuckyUnderbelly Lorenzo's Oil! That was it! Susan Sarandon. What a bitch.
anda susah tidur?? nonton tu lorenzo's oil.. gw aja hampir ketiduran untuk ke dua kalinya.. :x
syahnaz_r (syahnaz r) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:37:38 -0000
anda susah tidur?? nonton tu lorenzo's oil.. gw aja hampir ketiduran untuk ke dua kalinya.. :x
Watching Lorenzo's Oil. ;)
Yabreezy (Luz Gomez) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:37:52 -0000
Watching Lorenzo's Oil. ;)

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