“Fishing” for a Cure for Leber Congenital Amaurosis
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“Fishing” for a Cure for Leber Congenital Amaurosis

By examining a zebrafish, scientists have found the gene that affects the maintenance of cone photoreceptors and visual functions in the eye. It might be the knowledge that’s been needed…

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A Diagnostic Challenge: Do You Have Fibromyalgia and Ankylosing Spondylitis?
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A Diagnostic Challenge: Do You Have Fibromyalgia and Ankylosing Spondylitis?

Researchers wanted to know how likely it is for patients to have fibromyalgia with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). As a result, they found that particular comorbidity to be common. Marina Magrey,…

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If You Have Tardive Dyskinesia You’ll Want to Know About This Drug
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If You Have Tardive Dyskinesia You’ll Want to Know About This Drug

Too often rare diseases such as tardive dyskinesia (TD) are treated with medications and therapies that were made for other illnesses. This occurs pre-diagnosis, by physicians who have never seen…

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A Wasp Lead This Dancer to Her Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Diagnosis
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A Wasp Lead This Dancer to Her Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Diagnosis

According to the Daily Mail, Clare Fray has alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. But for years she thought her symptoms were just a part of normal life. She suffered from numerous chest…

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This Little Boy Won’t Let PKAN Be the Star of His Party!
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This Little Boy Won’t Let PKAN Be the Star of His Party!

8-year-old Carter Anderson has PKAN. He’s only had his official diagnosis for about a year, as his parents were first told he had cerebral palsy. Since Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)…

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A New Drug May Be Coming to the Market for Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
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A New Drug May Be Coming to the Market for Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma

A phase 3 clinical trial has produced positive results for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) patients. The drug tested is called brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris). Specifically, the drug was created to treat…

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