Two University of Michigan professors, Jolanta Grembecka and her husband Tomasz Cierpicki, created the newly approved leukemia drug ziftomenib. Its recent FDA approval offers new hope for patients. The approval,…
As reported on NPR, Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, has disclosed that she is battling a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. In…
Patient Worthy is grateful to our partner Elephants & Tea for providing the following article by Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree, a cancer caregiver to her daughter Cecilia who survived childhood leukemia.…
CAR T-cell therapy has captured the attention of major pharmaceutical companies with a continuing influx of positive results. CAR T (chimeric antigen receptor) therapy has improved survival rates for pediatric…
According to a recent article, after the results of a clinical trial, researchers have proven that CAR-T cells can cure patients that are diagnosed with leukemia. Leukemia Leukemia is a…
CRISPR has seen a number of developments recently; 2020 was a good year for gene therapy. Medical professionals are excited by the improvements made and motivated to make further discoveries.…
Living with a rare disease can be difficult and scary for some, especially during a global pandemic that has affected millions. This Nottingham father knows these feelings firsthand; he lives…
Imagine that you're a parent of five beautiful daughters. One night, you put them all to bed and all seemed well: playful, happy, excitable. Then, the next morning, you wake…
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Ty Eschenbaum’s world of high school football and working on his family’s ranch and farm changed suddenly after his freshman year when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Ty, who…
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According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, the story begins fifty years ago with the grim statistics that a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) would not survive longer than…
Shifting Contracts Over the years the United States healthcare system has shifted more toward reimbursement models that are outcome-based instead of service-based. In essence, this means that instead of paying…
On December 28, 2018, five-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Now he's in a race against time to find an eligible stem cell…
Notable Labs Notable Labs was created after founder, Matt De Silva, felt he was left in a helpless point, following a year of research on treatment options for his father's Glioblastoma…
President Herbert Walker Bush passed away on Friday, November 30th at the age of 94. News coverage of his life has reminded us all of the great legacy he leaves…
Some of you may have heard this story, others may be completely new to this, but bear with us on this funny and on-topic story that made the rounds on…
In a Washington Post article by Ben Guarino, new cancer treatments lasso the power of naturally occurring immune cells in the body. Researchers are looking into ways modify them to…
A recent study suggests therapy dogs may lower stress among cancer patients and their families. The study notes especially how useful this could be with young patients. Bryce and Mitchell,…
Pharma giant Novartis's new cancer drug tisagenlecleucel passed a critical test by winning the support of a federal advisory panel - setting it up for final FDA approval in September.…
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