Is There a Genetic Condition in Your Family?
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Is There a Genetic Condition in Your Family?

Is there a genetic condition in your family? Are you concerned about the potential for passing this on to your children one day? Do you know if you are a…

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First Hemophilia B Patient Enrolled in Potential Breakthrough Phase III Trial

According to BioPortfolio, the company UniQure has recently announced that the first hemophilia B patient has been enrolled in their Phase III study of the treatment AMT-061, which is an…

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Express Scripts Makes Diagnosis Easier with Second Opinion
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Express Scripts Makes Diagnosis Easier with Second Opinion

According to PRNewswire, Express Scripts announced a new program to benefit people living with rare diseases on May 31st. The program, called Second Opinion is part of the company’s larger…

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Canadian Patients Fear Discrimination with Challenge to Genetic Testing Law
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Canadian Patients Fear Discrimination with Challenge to Genetic Testing Law

In Canada, it is illegal to require a person to disclose results of genetic testing in any form of contract. The government of Quebec, however, recently issued a series of…

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This Cannabis Research Company Just Received A License to Grow Cannabis For Treatment Development
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This Cannabis Research Company Just Received A License to Grow Cannabis For Treatment Development

Just recently, MMJ International Holdings announced that MMJ Bioscience has received proper Canadian licensing to grow cannabis specifically to develop cannabinoid medicines to treat patients battling multiple sclerosis and Huntington's…

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A Unique Experimental Treatment Just Got Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease
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A Unique Experimental Treatment Just Got Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease

According to a story from Morningstar, the pharmaceutical company Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals announced that its drug candidate EHP-102 was given Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S Food and Drug Administration…

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Researchers are Learning More About Huntington’s Disease After Changing Patients’ Skin Cells Into Brain Cells
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Researchers are Learning More About Huntington’s Disease After Changing Patients’ Skin Cells Into Brain Cells

According to a story from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, scientists from the university used a sample of skin cells from diseased patients and transformed them…

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This Woman Used To Live In Fear Of Huntington’s Disease, But Taking A Diagnostic Test Changed Everything
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This Woman Used To Live In Fear Of Huntington’s Disease, But Taking A Diagnostic Test Changed Everything

According to an article from BBC News, Jackie Harrison had a daunting choice to make. There was a fifty percent chance that she would contract Huntington's disease, a rare condition…

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