A dedicated Hull resident, Jonny Wightman, is preparing to cycle an impressive 100 miles to raise awareness and funds for rare diseases. As reported by Hull Daily Mail, Jonny’s motivation…
The use of the gene therapy elivaldogene autotemcel (Skysona), has been approved due to its success in the treatment of patients diagnosed with the neurological disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD). The…
Rare Disease Day may be long past in February, but the fight for rare disease awareness continues. Earlier this year, specialty pharmaceutical company Neuraxpharm Group ("Neuraxpharm") and biotechnology company Minoryx…
Patient Worthy partner Alex TLC has announced that, in a large-scale newborn screening study supported by the UK's NHS and Genomics England, adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) will be…
According to a story from Greenock Telegraph, Michael Conway of Port Glasgow, UK lives with adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare disease. Recently he received a letter of support from William and Kate,…
When Chantel and Jason Funk learned that their son Bowin has adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) in 2019, they thought that the questions about the future, and how to manage the condition,…
According to a story from wmur.com, a 12-year-old boy named Grady Smith from Salem, NH lives with adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare disease. Grady is a big fan of basketball (his favorite…
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Growing up, Priscilla Veneklause watched as her father struggled to manage his rare genetic disorder: adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Unfortunately, her father lost his fight with ALD when Priscilla was still…
In May 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic neurological disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Sadly, it's incurable and there's no medication to ease my condition. Since then, my life…
Through its recently issued press release, bluebird bio announced the FDA’s accelerated approval of the first therapy to slow the progression of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The disease is the result…
According to a story from the Glasgow Times, David Steed of Paisley, UK, was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy when he was 18 years old. At the time, he didn't have any…
According to a press release, the gene therapy company bluebird bio, inc. has recently announced that its gene therapy elivaldogene autotemcel (marketed as SKYSONA) has received Accelerated Approval status from…
Have you ever heard of Orphan Drug designation before? The FDA grants Orphan Drug designation to drugs or biologics intended to treat, diagnose, or prevent rare diseases or conditions. In America,…
In May 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic neurological disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Sadly, it's incurable and there's no medication to ease my condition. Since then, my life…
Science Magazine recently joined other news sources in reporting that Bluebird Bio’s Phase 3 clinical trial investigating a treatment for a neurological disease was put on hold by…
bluebird bio has created a gene therapy for the treatment of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), which is now making its way through a clinical development program. According to Businesswire, bluebird has…
Michael Conway, a grandfather from Scotland, believes that there should be increased rare disease screening after he was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) in 2016. Like many other rare disease patients,…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
In November 2020, Viking Therapeutics ("Viking") shared insight into their metabolic disease program. According to Greg Zante, the Senior VP (SVP) of Finance for Viking, the company's treatment VK2809, licensed…
A rare disease diagnosis is often shocking, and it means making life changes. An adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) diagnosis is no exception. Because this condition typically impacts children, parents have to make…
When this 20-year-old male patient was serving in the military, he came down with two severe medical issues: pneumonia and adrenal crisis, categorized by an issue with an adrenal hormone…
Living with a rare disease during this pandemic is scary. There are additional concerns, risks, and worries that must be considered. Those affected by adrenoleukodystrophy have to keep many of…
According to an article in BioPortfolio, Magenta Therapeutics, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Mass., recently announced updates to its Phase II trial of MGTA-456 for the treatment of…
A new precision medicine center, specifically for pediatrics, has launched in Utah. This new center is the result of collaborative efforts from the Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Precision Genomics,…
According to a story from pmlive.com, the gene therapy company Bluebird Bio's latest recently released results from the company's phase 2/3 clinical trial demonstrates further encouraging data for its Lenti-D…
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