{"id":4769,"date":"2026-04-01T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:06:42","slug":"nbc-news-highlights-fda-approval-for-hunter-syndrome-treatment-featuring-muenzer-mps-center-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/2026\/04\/nbc-news-highlights-fda-approval-for-hunter-syndrome-treatment-featuring-muenzer-mps-center-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News Highlights FDA Approval for Hunter Syndrome Treatment, Featuring Muenzer MPS Center Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Muenzer MPS Research & Treatment Center is proud to share recent national coverage from NBC News highlighting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval of a new treatment for children with Hunter syndrome (MPS II).<\/p>\n

This milestone marks an important step forward for the MPS community, particularly in advancing care for individuals affected by the neurologic manifestations of the disease.<\/p>\n

The article features insight from Kim Stephens, DBA, Executive Director of the Muenzer MPS Research & Treatment Center, along with Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD, Director of the Muenzer MPS Center and Bryson Distinguished Professor, whose decades of leadership and research have helped shape the field.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is an important step forward for patients and families affected by Hunter syndrome, particularly as we continue working toward addressing the neurologic aspects\"\" of the disease,\u201d said Dr. Muenzer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While this approval represents meaningful progress, it also underscores the continued need for research, innovation, and expanded access to therapies for individuals living with MPS.<\/p>\n

We are grateful to the patients, families, researchers, and advocates who continue to drive progress forward.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 Read the full NBC News article:
https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/rare-disease-hunter-syndrome-fda-approval-children-rcna265813<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Muenzer MPS Research & Treatment Center is proud to share recent national coverage from NBC News highlighting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval of a new treatment for children with Hunter syndrome (MPS II). This milestone marks an important step forward for the MPS community, particularly in advancing care for individuals affected by … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119071,"featured_media":4770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-10.42.41-AM.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-10.42.41-AM-300x201.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-10.42.41-AM-768x514.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-10.42.41-AM-1024x686.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-10.42.41-AM-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4769"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4781,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions\/4781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}