According to a story from MD Edge, a phase 2 clinical trial testing the drug concizumab as a treatment for hemophilia A and hemophilia B demonstrated substantial capability in reducing…
According to a publication from Hemophilia News Today, an international team of researchers with members from France and the United Kingdom recently conducted a study of over 100 hemophilia patients…
Blood Donations For many people living with a rare disease such as Beta thalassemia, Hemophilia, Aplastic Anemia, Myelodysplastic syndromes, Acute Promyelocytic leukemia, and others, blood transfusions are not uncommon. For…
According to a publication from Reuters, based on early clinical data, American biotechnology company BioMarin Pharmaceuticals believes that a single injection of its experimental hemophilia A drug could relieve symptoms…
According to a story from CNBC, the now former Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Scott Gottlieb was recently featured on the news network for a discussion…
Google Backs Startup For Treating Heart Disease Via CRISPR Injections May 16, 2019 --Sharing is Caring-- Google Backs Startup For Treating Heart Disease Via CRISPR Injections Once in our life…
An article at ASH Clinical News recently detailed some of the history of genetic testing for bleeding disorders like hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease. Although true genetic screening has only…
LLUCH Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (LLUCH) is one of six hospitals in the University's health system. They are a faith-based system located in Southern California. They are the only…
According to an article from ReliaWire, a sizable portion of the global population is likely to have an immunity to the inert viruses scientists use to administer gene therapy in…
According to a release from Sangamo Therapeutics and published by PR Newswire, experimental severe hemophilia A drug SB-525 proved to be well-tolerated and generally safe in a phase 1/2 clinical…
LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug…
The State of Rare Diseases in China The Illness Challenge Foundation (ICF) is an organization devoted to easing the burdens that rare disease patients living in China face. They accomplish this…
According to a story from BioSpace, the genomic medicine company Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. recently announced the release of interim data from a Phase I/II clinical trial. This…
"The simple idea of a single gene leading to a single disease is more likely to be an exception than a rule." Finding the Disease-Causing Genes Things would be, not…
According to a story from BioSpace, a recent study revealed that hemophilia A patients were less likely to experience bleeds when they used new, extended half-life therapies on a preventive…
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A recent article in the National Hemophilia Foundation news quotes the Blood Transfusion journal's report on the results of a study conducted under the lead of Dr. Flora Peyvandi, Medical…
Rare diseases such as Tourette's syndrome and cystic fibrosis can be, among all of the other challenges that come with their diagnosis, extremely isolating. A recent article on Psychology Today explains…
According to a publication from Impact Lab, clinical testing for a new kind of Alzheimer's treatment is slated to begin at Weill Cornell Medicine (Cornell University's medical school) in Manhattan…
According to a story from Hemophilia News Today, the drug developer Spark Therapeutics, Inc., has recently released several updates in regards to a number of its experimental gene therapies that…
Passsage Bio Passage Bio has just announced that they've received 115.5 million dollars to help advance their development of gene therapies. They will begin by using the funds to further…
Full Patient Enrollment in Study Expected by Year-End 2019 LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Feb. 04, 2019 -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for…
The development of gene therapy as a treatment for rare and life-threatening conditions is a quickly growing area of scientific exploration. As more drug developers have begun investing in this…
According to an article originally published by HuffPost, an ambitious 34-year-old doctor is peddling plasma transfusions at steep prices, claiming a number of dubious health benefits. Ambrosia, LLC In 2014…
According to a story from Scoop Independent News, citizens of New Zealand that have the rare bleeding disorder hemophilia A will soon have access to the drug emicizumab (marketed as…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the genomics medical company Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc., recently announced that the first patient had been dosed in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial which…
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