On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took decisive action against Sarepta Therapeutics following the deaths of three individuals who had received the company’s gene therapy…
According to a story from BioPharma Dive, the drug company BridgeBio has been working on the development of a new treatment for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, a rare disease. At the…
Written by Lacey Woods From a young age, I knew I wanted to be a mother, to have biological children and also to adopt. This desire stayed with me throughout…
Statins are a type of drug that can help you to lower your blood cholesterol levels. These drugs work by inhibiting HMG CoA reductase, an enzyme that the body…
According to a recent article, Dr. Jyoti K. Jaiswal shared his research pertaining to gene therapies to be used to treat limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B). Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD)…
In the National Football League's My Cause My Cleats campaign, NFL players are able to show their passions beyond the game and represent a cause that is important to them through customized…
In a press release from late May 2021, AAV gene therapy company and Bayer AG subsidiary Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. ("AskBio") shared that the FDA approved its Investigational New Drug (IND)…
While gene therapy is a burgeoning technique to treat a number of rare genetic conditions, there are still a few complexities associated with this treatment option. How safe and effective…
According to a story from One News Page, the biopharmaceutical company BridgeBio Pharma and its affiliate ML Bio Solutions have recently announced that dosing has begun in its phase 2…
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