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Ovarian Cancer: Second Patient Treated with Novel CAR-T in Trial
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Ovarian Cancer: Second Patient Treated with Novel CAR-T in Trial

  • Post author:Rose Duesterwald
  • Post published:May 26, 2023
  • Post category:Ovarian Cancer

  The biotechnology company Anixa Biosciences, Inc. together with the Moffitt Cancer Center, issued a press release on May 22nd stating that the second patient had begun treatment as part…

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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Can be Confused for a Stroke
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Can be Confused for a Stroke

  • Post author:Rose Duesterwald
  • Post published:May 26, 2023
  • Post category:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

  Thirty-year-old Brendan O’Reilly was told that his rare disease affects only one person in 250,000. He was also told that he is lucky to be alive. Brendan’s symptoms confused…

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There Is No Limit to What Some Mothers Will Do For Their Children.

There Is No Limit to What Some Mothers Will Do For Their Children.

  • Post author:Rose Duesterwald
  • Post published:May 26, 2023
  • Post category:IgA Nephropathy

The Chow family was told that their 33-year-old daughter, Brittney, would have to wait about twelve years for a kidney transplant. There were currently no kidneys available for transplantation. Elizabeth…

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MRI Can Help with Earlier CKD Identification and Diagnosis
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MRI Can Help with Earlier CKD Identification and Diagnosis

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:May 26, 2023
  • Post category:Chronic Kidney Disease

What do clinical evaluations, blood tests, urine tests, kidney tissue tests, and imaging tests all have in common? These are all diagnostic measures that doctors may use to diagnose chronic…

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May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: Spreading Rare Disease Awareness
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May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: Spreading Rare Disease Awareness

  • Post author:James Moore
  • Post published:May 26, 2023
  • Post category:Prader-Willi Syndrome

The month of May is recognized as Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) Awareness Month, and May 27th is International PWS Day. This is a time to spread awareness about this rare disease…

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