Study Offers Free Screening for Cancer and BRCA Mutations for Ashkenazi Jewish Community
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Study Offers Free Screening for Cancer and BRCA Mutations for Ashkenazi Jewish Community

According to a story from Jewish Community Voice, the BRCA Founder Outreach Study, which is a national, cancer-focused research study, is offering free screenings for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.…

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Scientists Have Discovered a Mechanism Behind Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
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Scientists Have Discovered a Mechanism Behind Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis

According to a story from sciencedaily.com, recent research has revealed the mechanism that causes hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a rare condition that causes patients to experience sudden, severe muscle weakness. The…

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Familial Mediterranean Fever Led to a Career of Rare Disease Research
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Familial Mediterranean Fever Led to a Career of Rare Disease Research

According to a story from govloop.com, Dr. Daniel Kastner, the Scientific Director for the Division of Intramural Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has committed his career to…

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More Aggressive Chemo Regimen Improves Outcomes of Pancreatic Cancer Patients After Surgery
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More Aggressive Chemo Regimen Improves Outcomes of Pancreatic Cancer Patients After Surgery

According to a story from toweroncology.com, a recent study has revealed that a more aggressive chemotherapy could be significantly more effective for patients with pancreatic cancer after surgery in comparison…

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Investigational Treatment for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Gets Orphan Drug Designation Under New Developer
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Investigational Treatment for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Gets Orphan Drug Designation Under New Developer

According to a story from inpublic.globenewswire.com, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently transferred its Orphan Drug designation for dovitinib from to Oncology Venture (OV) from Novartis, according to…

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This Company Announced That it Won’t Provide Its Experimental Treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Under Right to Try
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This Company Announced That it Won’t Provide Its Experimental Treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Under Right to Try

According to a story from reuters.com, the U.S.-Israeli company BrainStorm Therapeutics will not provide its investigational stem cell treatment under the recently passed U.S. Right to Try law. The company…

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New Computational Framework Could Increase the Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment
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New Computational Framework Could Increase the Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment

According to a story from bioengineer.org, a group of scientists working at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have managed to develop a computational model that could potentially make highly…

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Possible Treatment for Hypothalamic Obesity and Prader-Willi Syndrome Will be Tested in Phase 2 Trial
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Possible Treatment for Hypothalamic Obesity and Prader-Willi Syndrome Will be Tested in Phase 2 Trial

According to a story from GlobeNewswire, the biotech company Saniona has recently announced plans to begin the design and initiation of a Phase 2a clinical trial study of its investigational…

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