Досега за лечението на болестта на Гоше е използван ензимът алглюцераза, получен от човешка плацента.
Imiglucerase, the active substance in Cerezyme, is a copy of this enzyme, produced by a method known as ‘ recombinant DNA technology’: the enzyme is made by a cell which has received a gene (DNA) that makes it able to produce the enzyme.