As we live through the Great Quarantine of 2020, online therapy may be piquing your interest. The world is in a time of uncertainty, which is psychologically stressful (and isolating),…
A new Phase 1 clinical trial for celiac disease has just begun dosing patients. This trial is being run by Anokion SA. Celiac Disease Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition…
Pyoderma gangraenosum (PG) is a rare auto inflammatory disease which affects the skin. It unfortunately has no currently approved therapies. However, recent preliminary results from a Phase 2a trial have…
The first patient has been dosed in the third phase of the VIITAL study, which is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of EB-101. This medication is a gene-corrected cell therapy…
The Problem with Identifying the Genes that Cause a Genetic Disorder from In The Cloud Copy When it comes to genetic disorders, it can be very difficult to pinpoint exactly what…
To celebrate Rare Disease Day and raise awareness for approximately seven thousand rare diseases, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, recently interviewed a person he…
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During the time of a pandemic, it is valuable to look to past pandemics and judge their effects. Eleven years ago, H1N1 swept the world just as COVID-19 is now.…
According to a story from NeurologyLive, patients being treated for autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or myasthenia gravis could be at heightened risk of infection with coronavirus because…
The first few days of quarantine can feel like a vacation. Finally you have an excuse to say no, stay home, and watch reality TV, and there's nothing anybody can…
Lyme disease is typically cured with antibiotics, and those affected never experience symptoms again. But for 20% of those who contract this illness, the antibiotics are ineffective, resulting in lingering…
According to a story from BioSpace, GeneTx Biotherapeutics LLC and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. have recently announced that the first patient has been dosed in the companies' phase 1/2 clinical trial.…
According to a story from BioSpace, the testing of drugs in clinical trials to address the current coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic will soon be under way. The biopharmaceutical company Sanofi and the…
According to a story from Independent, a team of scientists from Canada have isolated the strain of coronavirus that has rapidly spread around the globe in recent months. What this…
According to a story from Yahoo News, Dr. Nancy Wexler spent around 20 years in Venezuela conducting pivotal research on a deadly rare genetic disorder: Huntington's disease. On Lake Maracaibo,…
The COVID-19 pandemic is scary, and it is beginning to cause a panic throughout the world. Through this panic and fear, it is important to remember that progress is always…
My American Nurse recently carried an uplifting article showing increasingly positive changes for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. A network of over one hundred thirty centers throughout the U.S. provide…
Continued from Part 1 The surgery was over 12 hours long. I have two rods and 26 screws holding my spine and had nine ribs cut and reduced in…
Medscape Medical News recently published an article heralding the POUT clinical trial (NCT01993979). The trial brought evidence that patients who received platinum-based chemotherapy after surgery saw their risk of…
A recent editorial focusing on NMDs (neuromuscular disorders) was published in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms. The editorial highlights a special issue of the journal devoted to building…
According to a story from LocalHealthGuide, COVID-19 has continued to spread through the US and the lackluster government response suggests that it isn't going to be contained any time soon.…
According to a story from Hindawi, a recent study tested a combination treatment for patients with metastatic or locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma. Outcomes for these patients are poor if…
According to a story from Healio, Dr. Adam Cheifetz recently spoke about treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at GUILD Conference 2020. He says that it is time for each…
According to a story from Healio, researchers are hard at work determining who could be at the greatest risk from infection with COVID-19/coronavirus. So far, the elderly, people with heart…
I was born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Italian immigrants. I was born with a rare genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome kyphoscoliosis type, but it was not diagnosed…
Antonio Maltese is a young man living in Virginia. His family has also been devastated by the hereditary rare illness called Huntington's disease. In fact, he was diagnosed with the…
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