Editor’s Choice: CIDP Athletes, Parents Turned Researchers, and Commonplace Medicines with Concerning Correlations

Happy Thursday! We hope everyone's new year is off to a good start. If you're in need of some inspiration, we're highlighting a story of a woman with CIDP accomplishing…

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Stanford PhD Candidate Creates Platform for Parkinson’s Disease Patients to Share Their Story with Researchers

"Beyond research motivation, I want to give a voice to the disease to help researchers empathize and further understand who all their hard work is going toward." These are words from…

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Clinical Trial Will Test Combination Treatment for Erdheim-Chester Disease
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Clinical Trial Will Test Combination Treatment for Erdheim-Chester Disease

A new clinical trial which will test a two-part combination treatment for Erdheim-Chester disease was recently added to the clinicaltrials.gov website. This trial will be specifically for patients with BRAF…

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Extension Study for Prader-Willi Syndrome Initiated After Completion of Phase 2a Trial
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Extension Study for Prader-Willi Syndrome Initiated After Completion of Phase 2a Trial

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is caused by deleted genes on chromosome 15. This results in improper signaling of satiety, leading to obesity. Individuals with the condition can suffer from respiratory/cardiac disease, gastric…

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A Team From The University of Southern California Take on Single Father’s Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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A Team From The University of Southern California Take on Single Father’s Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

According to a story from the USC News, a team of doctors with the University of Southern California (USC) ALS Clinic are doing their best to help Shaun Kalpakoff, a…

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