Rose became acquainted with Patient Worthy after her husband was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) six years ago. During this period of partial remission, Rose researched investigational drugs to be prepared in the event of a relapse. Her husband died February 12, 2021 with a rare and unexplained occurrence of liver cancer possibly unrelated to AML.
Betty Vertin is a mother, writer and a fierce defender of the decisions she and her husband Jason made about the seven children they brought into this world. Betty writes…
According to the CDC, a look back at April 2026 cumulative reports showed more than 139 pediatric deaths with approximately 250,000 people hospitalized. In simple terms the 2025-2026 US flu…
An article from University of Michigan highlighted Jolanta Grembecka and her husband Tomasz Cierpicki, both assistant professors in U of M's Department of Pathology, who have been working to restore…
WebMD published a story about a young woman, Maddie, who had spent nine years in wheelchair confinement resulting from a rare metabolic disease related to kidney stones. As her doctor…
Astrocytoma and glioblastoma are fast-growing brain cancers that often return after surgery, with survival for astrocytoma patients averaging only four to five months. While medications that activate the body's immune…
Two University of Michigan professors, Jolanta Grembecka and her husband Tomasz Cierpicki, created the newly approved leukemia drug ziftomenib. Its recent FDA approval offers new hope for patients. The approval,…
A pivotal study recently published in the journal Gero Science has revealed new insights into how individual brain regions age and why some are more severely disrupted by Alzheimer's disease…
Triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of breast cancer, is under attack. Adelaide University researchers, led by Dr. Theresa Hinkey, report that unlike chemotherapy, the pill only targets…
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have identified a cellular pathway that allows brain cells to share proteins and other toxic material. The study was recently published in Science Advance.…
Editor's Note: This story is a continuation of Jenny Decker's global sailing voyage. To see the original article, please click here. Many of our Patient Worthy readers are aware that…
CAR T- cells are immune cells that are engineered in a laboratory to attack cancer. The therapy has worked as planned for certain blood cancers but to a lesser degree…
Astrocytoma and glioblastoma are fast-growing brain cancers that often return after surgery. Survival for astrocytoma patients is generally four to five months. Medications that activate the body’s immune system, especially…
Fibrosis, the accumulation of scar tissue in organs, disrupts normal organ function and leads to progressive impairment. Currently, there is no cure, and existing treatments focus primarily on symptom management…
Ovarian cancer is a serious gynecological cancer with no reliable screening test, resulting in limited treatment options and a low number of survivors. Each year about 3,100 Canadians receive a…
CAR-NKT cell therapy (NKT) is capable of precision targeting when equipped with CAR. The UCLA study’s co-senior author, Dr. Lili Yang stated that personalized immunotherapies in use today may cost…
Ever since Celine Dion, the popular superstar, announced the cancellation of her 2023 tour due to a diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome, or SPS, the disease has been in the…
It took two new cases of the deadly Nipah virus to remind people in West Bengal, India of the 1998 outbreak that killed over one hundred people. Nevertheless, according to…
Scientists find polymer-coated nanoparticles together with therapeutic drugs offer promise for cancer treatment, including treatment for ovarian cancer. According to Science Daily, these nanoparticles may be targeted to tumors where…
Several highly esteemed Institutes such as the Mayo Clinic and CONICET have identified critical elements contributing to the aggressiveness of Pancreatic cancer. The survival rate at the five-year mark is…
Iowa University researchers at its Children’s Hospital led the effort that found a new target. According to the Iowa Carver College of Medicine, to date, efforts by researchers focused on…
A rare and life-threatening kidney disease affecting young adults and children finally has an effective and approved therapy due to the pioneering and leadership of researchers at the Iowa University’s…
A team of doctors at NYU Langone transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead patient and reversed its rejection twice during the 61-day study. Currently, estimates of the number of…
There may be several reasons that HCC cancer of the liver cannot be removed. It may be due to the size of the tumor, or location proximity to major blood…
Breaking a system into small independent and interchangeable modules that can perform certain functions is called modularity. For many years the KRAS oncogene proved to be a classic example of…
Light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a progressive and rare disease whereby abnormal plasma cells found in the blood and urine over-produce light chain proteins. These proteins misfold into amyloid fibrils…
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