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Tragedy in Pioneering Gene Therapy Trial: Capsida Halts Study After First Patient’s Death

Tragedy in Pioneering Gene Therapy Trial: Capsida Halts Study After First Patient’s Death

  • Post author:Bree Clare
  • Post published:September 15, 2025
  • Post category:Rare Disease

Capsida Biotherapeutics has suspended a clinical trial of its experimental gene therapy after the first child to receive the treatment died, sending shockwaves through the rare disease and gene therapy…

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Rewiring the Menu: How Dietary Tweaks Could Help Fight Brain Cancer

Rewiring the Menu: How Dietary Tweaks Could Help Fight Brain Cancer

  • Post author:Bree Clare
  • Post published:September 15, 2025
  • Post category:Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is notorious as the most lethal form of malignant brain tumor, with most patients surviving just one or two years after diagnosis. Part of what makes these tumors so…

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Ruben’s GACI Story

Ruben’s GACI Story

  • Post author:PW Collaborator
  • Post published:September 15, 2025
  • Post category:Generalized arterial calcification of infancy-1 (GACI1)

Acknowledgement: Patient Worthy is honored to share this story from our friends at GACI Global. To see the article in its original format, please click here. Born on World Heart…

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