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.
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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Why Would Anyone Try to Compare Genetic Engineering to Weapons of Mass Destruction?
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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Alzheimer’s Disease: A Long Journey and Another Step Forward
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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A New Study Reveals That Our Biological Age Can Be Reversed
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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The Sudden Closure of Northwestern University’s Stem Cell Therapy Clinic Raises Questions That Remain Unanswered
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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Patients in Mayo Clinic’s RIGHT Study Carried One or More Genetic Variants That May Affect Their Response to Medication
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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Biohacking: A Small Group of Amateur Biologists Are Hoping to Market Their Knockoff of a One Million Dollar Gene Therapy
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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A New Approach to Halting Metastatic Cancer
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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CRISPR Gene Editing Promises to Cure 10,000 diseases. Now in Its First Human Clinical Trial. Will it Eventually Deliver?
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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Former NFL Star Tim Green has ALS but No Regrets About His Career
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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Expectations For This Clinical Trial Were to Slow Down ALS Progression; Instead it Reversed One Man’s Symptoms
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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Mystery: A Paralysis That Occurs in Children Every-Other-Year
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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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ICYMI: With the FDA’s Third Approval for Tissue Agnostic Therapies, Oncologists are Headed to the Next Level in Cancer Treatment
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…
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The Impact of Patient Registries on Research and How You Can Join
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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ICYMI: Study Suggests Female Cancer Patients Have Better Outcomes After Treatment, Experience Worse Side Effects
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…
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The World’s First Editing of DNA in Humans Using CRISPR to Treat Leber Congenital Amaurosis
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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Glioblastoma Clinical Trial: The Henry Ford Cancer Institute Enrolls the World’s First Glioblastoma Patient
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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Improved Guidelines for Patient Advocacy Groups Supporting Rare Diseases and Working with Pharmaceutical Companies
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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Researchers Might Have Just Made a Breakthrough Discovery for Treating Rare Proteinopathies
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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Attention Biotech and Stem Cell Researchers: Two Potential Grant Programs!
Popular Science published an article recently about the first time an attempt was made to treat sickle cell anemia using CRISPR technology. The patient, Victoria Gray, age 41, from…
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Can CRISPR Successfully Treat Sickle Cell Anemia?
The headline in a recent Washington Post article declared that the FDA claimed Novartis, through its newly-acquired company AveXis, manipulated data in an application for a gene therapy drug. These…
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The FDA Will Allow the Most Expensive Therapy in the World to Remain on the Market
It's common knowledge among researchers who study diseases called toxic proteinopathies, that this grou of disorders are the result of misfolded proteins that reside in cells. Certain proteins fail to…
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Researchers are Working to Repair a Small Step In a Pathway Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases
As reported recently in PhysOrg by NASA, researchers aboard SpaceX CRS-18 cargo flight are focusing on what triggers Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, both neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers suspect that…
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This Time a “First-of-its-Kind” Study is “Out of this World” on Board the Space Station
Doug Lindsay ran track in high school. According to an article published by CNN Health, Doug had big plans as a senior at Rockhurst University in Kansas City where he…
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This Young Man Accurately Diagnosed His Own Disorder But Doctors Did Not Believe His Diagnosis
While the last few years have seen major advances in all areas of the pharmaceutical industry, some of the newest and brightest talents are now focusing on cell and…
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A Brief Discussion of How Cell and Gene Therapies are Being Improved for Future Generations