A Boy With Congenital Muscular Dystrophy is Being Supported in a Special Way

Michael Dickerson, aged 42, is originally from Hoedspruit Limpopo, South Africa. Recently, Michael was participating in a series of long distance trail runs when he learned about the story of Daniël…

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ICYMI: After Rejection, The Familial Chylomicronemia Foundation Urges The FDA to Consider Approving New Treatment
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ICYMI: After Rejection, The Familial Chylomicronemia Foundation Urges The FDA to Consider Approving New Treatment

According to a story from BioSpace, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently rejected the approval of the drug Waylivra, which was in development for the treatment of familial…

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Misha Walker Advocates For Arthrogryposis Patients One State at a Time
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Misha Walker Advocates For Arthrogryposis Patients One State at a Time

  Misha Walker and her husband Mike have spent the summer in England, meeting with families who have children with a rare condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC). In the…

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Increasing Collaboration and Partnership is Enhancing The Development of Rare Disease Drugs
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Increasing Collaboration and Partnership is Enhancing The Development of Rare Disease Drugs

According to a story from Research & Development, increasing collaboration between a variety of different organizations is helping to propel and improve the develop of new drugs for the treatment…

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A Gene Therapy for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration has Progressed to Clinical Trials

The United States Food and Drug Administration has awarded Fast Track Designation to an experimental gene therapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration. For more detailed information, you…

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Conflict at a World Renowned Scientific Institution Highlights The Struggle For Objectivity in Medicine
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Conflict at a World Renowned Scientific Institution Highlights The Struggle For Objectivity in Medicine

According to a story from blogs.bmj.com, the situation has been tense recently in the halls of the Cochrane Collaboration. Cochrane is a non-profit organization that involves the work of over…

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Experimental Treatment For Small Cell Lung Cancer Receives Orphan Drug Designation

According to a story from pm360online.com, the drug development company Cytori Therapeutics recently announced that its investigational product ATI-1123 has been granted Orphan Drug designation from the US Food and…

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Results From a Study Investigating a Therapy For Slow Healing Bone Fractures Have Been Announced
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Results From a Study Investigating a Therapy For Slow Healing Bone Fractures Have Been Announced

Bone Therapeutics, who are developing an allogeneic bone cell therapy as a treatment for delayed-union fractures of long bones, has announced the results of a Phase 1/11A study. They have…

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Cows, Cud-Chewing, and Contentment: Phyllis’s Rumination Syndrome Story
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Cows, Cud-Chewing, and Contentment: Phyllis’s Rumination Syndrome Story

Three large black and white beasts rest under a shade tree to avoid the sun’s hot rays. They appear to be chewing gum, although they are really chewing their cud.…

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Genetic Sequencing After Stem Cell Transplant Can Inform Outcomes in Myelodysplatic Syndromes

According to a story from Hematology Times, a recent study found that genetic sequencing after the completion of a hematopoietic stem cell transplant could provide doctors with vital information about…

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