Phase 4 Trial Shows Opsumit Can Improve Ventricle Function for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
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Phase 4 Trial Shows Opsumit Can Improve Ventricle Function for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

A recent Phase 4 study has shown that Opsumit can improve function of the right heart ventricle for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The right ventricle pumps blood to…

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How Rare Disease Biotech “Cure Rare Disease” Is Handling COVID-19
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How Rare Disease Biotech “Cure Rare Disease” Is Handling COVID-19

From social distancing and shuttered businesses to personal health concerns, COVID-19 has changed daily life for the foreseeable future. There are nearly 4.75 million diagnoses worldwide, with 1.53 million in…

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Gilead Donates 940,000 Remdesivir Doses
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Gilead Donates 940,000 Remdesivir Doses

Multiple biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies have joined in the fight against COVID-19. But one, Gilead Sciences, has been at the forefront of both progress and controversy. The company developed remdesivir,…

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Doctors Report First Ever Successful Transplant of Reprogrammed Cells into the Brain of a Parkinson’s Patient

A recent article in US News and World Report gives an account of the first patient to have reprogrammed cells successfully implanted in his brain. The patient’s doctors reported that…

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A Negative Side Effect of COVID-19: Reduced Cancer Screenings
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A Negative Side Effect of COVID-19: Reduced Cancer Screenings

In her early 20's, Mackenzie Alleman lost her mother to breast cancer. Then, at 28, she herself underwent a preventative double mastectomy after learning that she carried the mutated BRCA1 gene.…

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