Cystic Fibrosis Patient’s Inspiring Speech to New Doctors Stresses The Importance of Patients as Partners

Gunnar Esiason, a 28-year-old cystic fibrosis (CF) patient, just delivered an inspirational pre-commencement speech to the 2019 St. Louis University School of Medicine graduating class. Quite frankly, it contains wisdom…

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CRISPR Uncovers New Gene Fusion as Novel Drug Target for Brain, Ovarian and other Cancers

  CRISPR-Cas9, the genome editing tool, has caused quite a stir in the scientific community. According to a recent article in Science Daily, with results published in Nature Communications, CRISPR has…

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Mouse Model Continues to Show Efficacy of GKT831 for Treating Cholestatic Fibrosis in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Preclinical data supporting the efficacy of GKT831 as a potential therapy for cholestatic fibrosis has just been published in the Journal of Hepatology. GKT831 GKT831 is both a NOX1 enzyme and…

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Study Suggests Brain Enzyme Might Form Tubes That Transport Huntington’s Disease Protein
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Study Suggests Brain Enzyme Might Form Tubes That Transport Huntington’s Disease Protein

According to a publication from Laboratory Equipment, a new animal study of mice with simulated Huntington's disease suggests that a protein associated with the symptoms of Huntington's can form small,…

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