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 Riken Center team, headed by Dr. Takaomi Saido and using mice with Alzheimer’s, discovered that dopamine may lessen the brain’s physical symptoms and improve memory. The study, featured in…
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Alzheimer’s: Researchers at Japan’s Riken Center Discover a New Treatment to Alleviate Symptoms and Improve Memory
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Fredericksburg, Virginia resident Johnny Boatman is a former national guardsman who had been in excellent physical condition all his life. That was until 2022 when he felt a sharp pain…
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‘Anyone with a Heart’ Campaign Spreads Awareness About Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis
It has been almost a decade since the European medical community welcomed news of an innovation for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Therefore, the EC’s recent conditional approval of Ipsen’s drug…
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New Drug Approved in the EU to Treat Primary Biliary Cholangitis
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In 2023 a 19-year-old male teenager was suffering from memory decline that first began when he was 17 years of age. His cognitive losses continued during the next few years.…
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His Alzheimer’s at 19 Continues to be a Mystery
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A protein called Aplp1 is now on the radar for its ability to spread material in the brain that may be responsible for Parkinson’s disease. Another protein, Lag3, interacts with…
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Could This Cancer Drug Play a Role in Parkinson’s Treatment?
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Researchers discovered a version of the Cas protein that fits into adeno-associated viruses (AAVs). This virus can be engineered to deliver targeted therapy to cells and is a common approach…
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Discovery of More Compact Cas Protein Heralds Progress for Gene Therapy
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Almost 100,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD). About one million people worldwide have the disease. Patients are at risk of death in…
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Cured of Sickle Cell Disease, His Next Challenge was Mt. Kilimanjaro
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It is estimated that over six million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease plus millions of other people throughout the world. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia.…
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Blood Tests May be the Future for Early Alzheimer’s Detection
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A recent article at BioPharma Dive outlines the findings of a study into Lexeo’s experimental gene therapy. The six participants in the recently conducted interim trial had enlarged hearts associated…
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Small Study Finds Large Benefits for People With Friedreich’s Ataxia Heart Complications
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Women who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) face significant treatment-related challenges regarding fertility. However, science seems to be overcoming many treatment-related fertility challenges after alloHCT and successful pregnancies are…
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Study: 77% of Pregnancies Result in Live Births After Stem Cell Transplant
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It is widely known that millions of individuals are living with diseases associated with chronic inflammation. In a recent interview with BioSpace, Alan Watt, President of NodThera, said the goal…
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The Next Parkinson’s Frontier Could Be Preventing Neuroinflammation
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Jenny, a 40-year-old nurse with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, began her solo voyage from Hawaii with her 6-pound Maltese dog named Romeo aboard in April 2023. She arrived in Fiji on or…
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‘Just a Lap’ for CMT: Jenny Decker’s Sailing Journey Around the World
Becker's Hospital Review Source: Two racial groups see rise in breast cancer rates
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WHATNEXT: Two racial groups see rise in breast cancer rates
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Researchers at Washington University’s medical school have used a new technique to study brain neurons in a lab setting, allowing them to bypass the need to rely on a brain…
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The First Successful Attempt to Study Alzheimer’s Disease Using Lab-Derived Neurons
At Japan’s Fujita University, researchers reported to Inside Precision Medicine that a new risk measurement may add a layer of accuracy in predicting sudden cardiac death. The measure, called estimated…
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Researchers Identify Kidney Disease as a Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Factor
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On July 11th Dr. Mathew Winton went to Capitol Hill with senators and staff from both parties to discuss collaboration with the FDA regarding the pending termination of the Priority…
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The Urgency of Reauthorizing Rare Disease Priority Review Vouchers
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The long-awaited positive results of Annexon Inc.’s Phase 3 trial investigating ANX005 for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) was presented at the PNS 2024 Annual Meeting. Several leading global GBS experts spoke…
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Positive Results from the Phase 3 Trial of ANX005 in Guillain-Barré Syndrome
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Recently there has been an increasing amount of research attempting to control CRISPR gene-editing systems. These systems are found in many types of bacteria as a defense against viruses. The…
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More Compact CRISPR Protein Opens up Gene Therapy Options
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Shanghai's Junshi Biosciences Co. (The Company) recently announced in Biospace, that its product, toripalimab (TUOYI®), combined with bevacizumab as a first-line therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), met its endpoints in a…
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Toripalimab Combined with Bevacizumab Meets Primary Endpoint for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Ocugen, Inc., a biotechnology company based in Malvern, Pa. recently reported to BioSpace that DSMB gave a favorable review of its Phase ½ ArMaDa clinical study of OCU410. Approximately 10…
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Geographic Atrophy Trials Continue to Make Progress
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Individuals who appear to have Long COVID may exhibit a variety of symptoms lasting weeks or even years. The latest estimates are that about 10-20% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2…
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Long COVID: What Have We Learned?
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A team of scientists from Japan appear to have pioneered a method for reversing synapse damage in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Although encouraging, the theory must be tested in…
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Japanese Scientists Reversed Signs of Alzheimer’s by Restoring Synapse Function in Mouse Model
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The idiom ‘third time’s a charm’ may have some significance in this instance. The panel that advises the FDA just voted unanimously in favor of Eli Lilly’s experimental drug, donanemab.…
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FDA’s Panel of Experts Vote 11-0 in Favor of Donanemab to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
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Professor Michael Goran was referring to research data that was presented at the annual 2023 conference of the Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition Society of North America when he stressed that…
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Higher Sugar Intake Boosts Risk of Liver Fibrosis in Latino Teens
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Ruud Dobber, executive VP of biopharmaceuticals at AstraZeneca was quoted in a press release dated saying that type 2 diabetes is on the rise in adolescents and younger children with…
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Farxiga® has been FDA Approved to Treat Children and Adolescents in the U.S. for Type 2 Diabetes