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…
According to a story from statnews.com, the biotechnology company Alexion Pharmaceuticals recently announced that its product Ultomiris, which was recently approved as a treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, was also…
An article recently published by the Washington Post is highlighting a few of the risks associated with fertility treatments that some doctors feel are de-emphasized by existing medical literature. What…
According to a publication from the Stamford Advocate, the Connecticut-based Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (or ACGT) has welcomed a new president and CEO in Kevin Honeycutt. Honeycutt has announced…
The History of West Nile Virus The West Nile Virus (WNV) was named for the location where it was originally found- the West Nile district in Uganda. It was discovered…
The most common treatment for someone who is discovered to have early stage kidney cancer is surgery. The patient's tumors and a part of their kidneys are removed through a…
According to a story from the Derby Telegraph, four-year-old Audrina Hatton-Wright was diagnosed with a rare cancer called neuroblastoma about a year ago. This cancer mostly affects children. Doctors initially…
According to a story from Oral Cancer News, a class of immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors can play a critical role in treating a number of common and rare…
According to a story from the Philly Voice, it has been nearly nine years since Dr. David Fajgenbaum was first diagnosed with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. This immune system disorder…
According to a story from Physician's Weekly, the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, Inc. recently announced that its cancer drug Imbruvica failed to measure up in a recent clinical trial in which…
According to a story from Science Daily, a team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified the likely cause of a recent outbreak of an unusual…
According to a story from StartUp Health, the organization has recently partnered with Chiesi Farmaceutici, an Italy-based pharmaceutical company, in order to call for innovation and new advancements in the field…
According to a press release from the biopharmaceutical company Cerecor, Inc., the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently agreed to accept the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its…
According to a story from news-medical.net, a team of researchers have found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease display distinct changes to the makeup of bacteria that live in their…
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday! The weather where we are is freezing this week-- but that's a perfect excuse to sit down with a few of our top…
Danon disease is a rare condition caused by a mutated LAMP-2 gene. This gene has three different forms- LAMP-2A, 2B, and 2C. Depending in which variant is mutated, individuals with…
According to a story from news-medical.net, a recent study has a found that a hidden disease called hemochromatosis could be a major risk factor for several different joint diseases and…
According to a publication from Stat, scientists have high hopes about "virtual repurposing" cutting drug production costs. It could also potentially mean more treatments on the market faster. Virtual Repurposing…
This is week three of this season of The Bachelor on ABC, and week three of a patient-related subject highlighted on the show (Colton's CF foundation, Caelynn's childhood encephalitis)-- so I'm…
Read the first part of Lisa's story here. Lisa’s two direct and indirect bypass surgeries were successful. She now had seven times more blood flow to her brain than she…
According to a story from Biotecnika, Penn Medicine & Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. have recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signaled its approval for the first…
According to a story from kios.org, firefighters across the country tend to get cancer, including many rare cancers like mesothelioma, at significantly greater rates than the general population. This is…
According to a story from Fabry Disease News, the drug developer Avrobio recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the company's experimental drug AVR-RD-01 Orphan…
What is the Disparity? America is greatly divided by many things and race has always been one of them. Not only are there large social and economic divides among racial…
Canavan disease is a type of leukodystrophy frequently found in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. It's a rare genetic condition which is ultimately fatal. It's all caused by a deficiency of the aspartoacylase…
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