Can the Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Ban in the U.S. Be Lifted?
A birth involving mitochondrial replacement therapy took place as part of a clinical trial in Greece according to a recent article in STAT. Greece is now the second country…
A birth involving mitochondrial replacement therapy took place as part of a clinical trial in Greece according to a recent article in STAT. Greece is now the second country…
According to a story from the National Gaucher Foundation, a significant challenge for many patients with Gaucher disease are the effects that the illness can have on bones. Common treatments…
According to a story from news-medical.net, the process that causes the neurons responsible for voluntary muscle movement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) to die is…
LLUCH Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (LLUCH) is one of six hospitals in the University's health system. They are a faith-based system located in Southern California. They are the only…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and CRISPR Therapeutics have recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded CTX001, an experimental gene-edited stem…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has been developing lumasiran as a potential treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). This investigation began with ILLUMINATE-A, a clinical trial whose results should be announced by…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, a new mathematical approach pioneered by a team of scientists from New York University and Cincinnati Children's could greatly improve the analysis of scientific…
Personalized medicine is the latest craze in patient care. In essence, it refers to the development of treatment options which take into account the patient as an individual. It reduces…
According to a story from BBC, Louise Moorhouse gets the nutrition that she needs through two sources: pills and foul tasting nutrient shakes. This is because she was born with…