Rose became acquainted with Patient Worthy after her husband was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia four years ago. He was treated with a methylating agent While he was being treated with a hypomethylating agent, Rose researched investigational drugs being developed to treat relapsed/refractory AML.
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the major cause of impaired memory affecting the older population. Reported cases are rapidly increasing. So far, clinical trials have failed…
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The accelerated approval granted by the FDA for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug eteplirsen, developed by Sarepta Therapeutics, was granted only after internal disagreements and protests had been resolved.…
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Fierce Biotech recently focused on a report by The BMJ, a British science journal, on the validity of clinical trials which are critical to decision making by patients and…
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Glen Sauber successfully overcame testicular cancer and was symptom-free-- until three years later when he began to experience neurological symptoms. According to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle,…
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The city of Jacobina, Brazil in the Bahia region was selected as the ideal area for a study designed to control disease-bearing mosquitoes. A recent report in the Science…
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a common type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. World Pharma News recently reported that the FDA approved the first chemoimmunotherapy, Polivy, for DLBCL in combination with…
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Why would someone compare genetic editing to weapons of mass destruction? Perhaps one answer can be found in the automobile. The family automobile was certainly not designed as a weapon…
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According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, the newest discovery in the search to reduce the risk of AD was through the work of researchers led by Dr. Jaehong Suh,…
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The fountain of youth may actually be in a cocktail of drugs that were part of a new study on aging. A recent article in Longevity’s Science Research announced…
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According to a recent article in The Scientist, Northwestern Medicine’s successful autoimmune and immunotherapy program is winding down and will be closed by the end of the year. The program,…
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Pharmacogenomics plays an important role in predicting whether patients will benefit from certain medications or if the medication will cause serious side effects. The process involves the way in…
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According to a recent article in Archive Today, an international band of amateur biologists, or "biohackers" announced that they intend to eventually market a knock-off of Glybera, a one…
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A recent article in Northwestern's University Health reported that although the survival rate for cancer patients has vastly improved over the past twenty years, the deaths due to metastatic cancer…
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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats is more commonly known as CRISPR. As reported recently in Science News, the CRISPR/Cas9 “molecular scissors” is slated to make its highly anticipated debut…
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In 1996, Tim Green made the comment that you cannot go through an NFL season without doing serious damage to your body. In a recent 60 Minutes interview with Steve…
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According to a recent article published in News NWA, in 2017 Mark Bedwell, of Fort Smith, Arkansas had been told that based upon the rapid progression of his amyotrophic…
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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is urging doctors and researchers to investigate and to collect new data before the disease strikes again. An article in Ars Technica reports…
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Since the 1940s oncologists have been focusing on tumors at the location in the body where the tumors originated. According to a recent FDA press release, this is the third…
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A recent article published in Curetoday highlights not only the many new and successful therapies available to cancer patients but it also illustrates how patients can connect to other…
According to a publication from EurekAlert, a recent study helmed by the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust suggests that female cancer patients tend to live slightly longer following treatment than…
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Allergan plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company, and its partner, Editas Medicine, Inc. have been given the green light for a clinical trial designed to treat patients with severe…
According to a recent article in CheckOrphan, glioblastoma (GBM) is considered to be among the deadliest cancers in the world. Currently, treatment options are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. In most cases,…
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A study appeared recently in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases reporting that rare diseases affect 350 million people worldwide. The definition of rare disease differs between the United States…
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It's common knowledge among researchers who study diseases called toxic proteinopathies that this group of disorders are the result of misfolded proteins that reside in cells. Certain proteins fail to…
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Patient Worthy wishes to share the following funding opportunities with faculty/ biotech having interest in these areas of research. The two grant programs were announced by the Orphan Disease Center…
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