Breast Cancer Survivor Meets Researcher Who Could Find an Alternative Treatment to Chemotherapy
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Breast Cancer Survivor Meets Researcher Who Could Find an Alternative Treatment to Chemotherapy

According to a story by the Daily Record UK, Maggie Ritchie found out she was diagnosed with breast cancer and four years later was successfully cancer-free. She attributed the advanced…

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Could Virtual Reality Cure Glaucoma?
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Could Virtual Reality Cure Glaucoma?

According to a story published by STAT, a daredevil neuroscientist at Stanford University is utilizing the relatively new concept of virtual reality to solve an unsuspecting problem. Not only is…

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First Hemophilia B Patient Enrolled in Potential Breakthrough Phase III Trial

According to BioPortfolio, the company UniQure has recently announced that the first hemophilia B patient has been enrolled in their Phase III study of the treatment AMT-061, which is an…

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This Prostate Cancer Research May Have Implications for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Too
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This Prostate Cancer Research May Have Implications for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Too

According to News Medical, a group of researchers at Johns Hopkins and the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy recently found encouraging results for a study involving immunotherapy to treat a…

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Worried About hATTR Amyloidosis? Check Out This New Genetic Testing Program
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Worried About hATTR Amyloidosis? Check Out This New Genetic Testing Program

According to Globe Newswire, a pharmaceutical company, Akcea Therapeutics, recently announced their new genetic testing and counseling treatment program for those who may have hereditary ATTR amyloidosis (hATTR amyloidosis). The program,…

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Zebrafish Lab Research Could Produce Solutions for Neurodegenerative Disease Like CMT and MS
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Zebrafish Lab Research Could Produce Solutions for Neurodegenerative Disease Like CMT and MS

According to UVA Today, a University of Virginia professor, Sarah Kucenas, is studying glia cells in the brain of fish that could potentially help spear the way for the creation of…

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Gene Mutation Found in Family with CMT Helps Scientists Expand Knowledge on the Disease
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Gene Mutation Found in Family with CMT Helps Scientists Expand Knowledge on the Disease

According to Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, a Chinese family of five who all have the same type of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease share something else in common as well. Not only do they…

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