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.
The Times Now News recently featured an article that highlighted a study by a group of NYU Langone scientists. The study paper was published October 6th, 2021 in the…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
According to a recent article in Biospace, Eisai Pharmaceutical and Biogen Biotechnology recently announced updates to their Phase IIB study 201 and a five-year open-label extension (OLE) studies using lecanemab…
Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for patients with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma for over ten years. According to a recent article in Healio, the median survival is about nine…
On October 27, 2021, PR Newswire highlighted an article about a unique patient-led analysis that was conducted in Atlanta, Georgia, and Brussels, Belgium by people living with myasthenia gravis (MG).…
Casey Martin is well known as the golfer who sued the PGA in 2001 and won a landmark 7-2 Supreme Court decision. According to a report by ESPN, with the…
A recent article in NewScientist describes Borrelia burgdorferi as a bacterium that is the cause of Lyme disease (borreliosis). The trail of infection begins with wild mice that harbor the…
A recent article in Science Alert reports on early but positive results from a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of ProTide NUC-7738. About the Drug Researchers at Oxford University partnered…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
An October 2021 report published in the Globe and Newswire carried an announcement by Fabio Chianelli, CEO of the biotech company PharmaTher Holdings. The FDA approved orphan drug status for…
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) was discovered over a decade ago by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, two scientists who recently shared the Nobel Prize. Scientists using…
Let us begin this article recently published in MedCity News by starting with the ending: in order to help millions of rare disease patients waiting for rare disease treatments, a…
According to a recent article in Yahoo News, unless treatment is discovered or a cure is found for a disorder called IRF2BPL, these young children will lose the ability to…
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In August 2021 News Center Maine ran an article introducing former British army Major Chris Brannigan. Brannigan, forty-one years old, was prepared to do anything to help his daughter Hasti,…
A recent article in the journal Nature elaborated on the work of Dr. Ted Love who left early retirement in 2013 to devote his talents and experience to the development…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
Anaphylaxis, which is usually caused by an allergic attack or an insect bite, is a rapidly occurring episode and may be fatal. According to an article published in Mastopedia, due…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
Joey Renick was 3 years old when he first received a diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The Missouri native went through three years of treatment before going into remission…
Dr. Ed Neilan, who is the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), recently commented that there are approximately more than seven thousand…
Technology can assist sponsors in setting up trials and activating clinical trial sites quickly. But tech will only play a small role within the larger movement toward accelerated approval. Read…
Author Lauren Wellbank recently interviewed Dr. Sara Candler, Director of the Iora Care Team, for a special edition of Martha Stewart’s Health and Wellness. The interview focused on dementia and…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
Although Jackson, age 62, has had CMT for ten years, he only divulged his illness this month. According to an article on eathis.com, Jackson chose a recently aired segment of…
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