Editor’s Choice: Rare Disease News on the Founder of the Ice Bucket Challenge & Senator John McCain
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Editor’s Choice: Rare Disease News on the Founder of the Ice Bucket Challenge & Senator John McCain

It's getting hot out there... So you may as well read some news while staying cool inside if you're in the US! This week we have news on Senator John…

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There’s $12.7 Million Behind This New Parkinson’s Hypothesis
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There’s $12.7 Million Behind This New Parkinson’s Hypothesis

A new biotech company in Philadelphia called Enterin announced recently that their company has raised a whopping $12.7 million to support the hypothesis that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut,…

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New Psoriatic Arthritis Drug Receives FDA Approval
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New Psoriatic Arthritis Drug Receives FDA Approval

In early July of this year, the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that the FDA approved of their new treatment, called abatacept (Orencia), either intravenously or subcutaneously. This drug is…

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals on the Verge of a New, More Effective Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals on the Verge of a New, More Effective Cystic Fibrosis Treatment

Earlier this month, Vertex Pharmaceuticals released big news regarding a new development in cystic fibrosis treatment. The pharmaceutical company announced that their new, innovative technique in treating the disease had…

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