Results of Levodopa Study Highlight Why Better Parkinson’s Disease Therapies are Needed
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Results of Levodopa Study Highlight Why Better Parkinson’s Disease Therapies are Needed

According to a story from Parkinson's News Today, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the key weakness of Levodopa, one of the most common treatments…

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Recently Approved Drug Ultomiris Performs Well in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Trial
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Recently Approved Drug Ultomiris Performs Well in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Trial

According to a story from statnews.com, the biotechnology company Alexion Pharmaceuticals recently announced that its product Ultomiris, which was recently approved as a treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, was also…

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Doctor With Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Continues to Make Progress in Researching His Own Disease
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Doctor With Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Continues to Make Progress in Researching His Own Disease

According to a story from the Philly Voice, it has been nearly nine years since Dr. David Fajgenbaum was first diagnosed with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. This immune system disorder…

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Study Finds Disparities in Screening but Consistency in Treating Juvenile Localized Scleroderma in the UK
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Study Finds Disparities in Screening but Consistency in Treating Juvenile Localized Scleroderma in the UK

According to a story from Scleroderma News, a recent study found that while treatment approaches for juvenile localized scleroderma were quite consistent in the UK, there were significant disparities in…

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New Study Identifies Possible Cause of Polio-Like Disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis

According to a story from Science Daily, a team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified the likely cause of a recent outbreak of an unusual…

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Nerve Damage Blocking Gene Therapy Could be Useful in a Variety of Rare Diseases
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Nerve Damage Blocking Gene Therapy Could be Useful in a Variety of Rare Diseases

According to a story from brightsurf.com, a team from the Washington University School of Medicine, based in St. Louis, has succesfully developed a gene therapy that appears to prevent damage…

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New Research Reveals Unique Microbial Characteristics in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
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New Research Reveals Unique Microbial Characteristics in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease

According to a story from news-medical.net, a team of researchers have found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease display distinct changes to the makeup of bacteria that live in their…

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New Research Highlights the Link Between Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Rhabdomyosarcoma
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New Research Highlights the Link Between Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Rhabdomyosarcoma

According to a story from bioengineer.org, it has long been known that people with the rare disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy are at a greater risk of developing a rare cancer…

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New Combination Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma Gains European Approval
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New Combination Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma Gains European Approval

According to a story from BioPortfolio, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company recently announced that the European Commission has recently approved the first combination treatment for renal cell carcinoma available in the…

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Researchers Pioneer Method to Reverse IPEX Syndrome Mutation
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Researchers Pioneer Method to Reverse IPEX Syndrome Mutation

According to a story from news-medical.net, a team of researchers from UCLA have successfully developed an approach that allows for the reversal of the mutation that is responsible for the…

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