News-Medical Life Sciences recently interviewed Dr. Ananya Malhotra, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene, regarding her most current research involving pancreatic cancer. Dr. Malhotra believes artificial intelligence (AI)…
As reported by the National Hemophilia Foundation, researchers are seeking to understand what patients with chronic pain need and want, so as to make treatment safer and more effective. In…
As published by the Food and Drug Administration; The U.S. FDA has just approved the first FDA approved therapy derived from cannabis (Epidiolex, a CBD solution) to treat tuberous sclerosis…
The HEALY ALS Platform Trial, being conducted by Biohaven Pharma, has begun enrolling patients. This study is intended to test the efficacy of three treatments on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…
When Trey Kearns was two, he had a terrible itch. His itch wasn’t like yours - it was inside the body, meaning it's an itch you can’t scratch. They came…
According to a story from GlobeNewswire, the biopharmaceutical company CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced encouraging topline findings from a phase 3 clinical trial. This study was testing seladelpar as a…
Just because we are staying home to avoid COVID-19 doesn't mean the medical field has stopped! In fact, many doctors are more determined than ever to improve patient outcomes.…
What do you call fossils that just lie there? Lazy bones! But for the Centrosaurus apertus, its bones are talking to us from beyond the grave, making it less lazy and…
A recent article in The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) heralds the approval of a third CAR T-cell therapy, called Tecartus. Kite Pharma’s cell-based gene therapy is the first…
Metformin is a popular drug used by type 2 diabetes patients. According to recent interviews conducted by reporters for Medical Xpress, a team of researchers conducted parallel rodent and…
According to a story from GlobeNewswire, the biopharmaceutical company Ovid Therapeutics Inc. and Columbia University have recently entered a collaborative partnership that will be focused on developing gene-based treatments for…
Happy Friday! Did you know that August is Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month? It's a type of severe skin reaction that often involves admission to a burn unit for treatment. We've…
A recent article published in EMS WORLD cautions that long QT syndrome (LQTS), a potentially lethal disease in young people, often remains undiscovered. An ECG can detect the disease,…
A recent article in The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) heralds the approval of a third CAR T-cell therapy, called Tecartus. Kite Pharma’s cell-based gene therapy is the first…
Metformin is a popular drug used by type 2 diabetes patients. According to recent interviews conducted by reporters for Medical Xpress, a team of researchers conducted parallel rodent and…
According to a story from the CureDuchenne Blog, Dr. Kevin Flanigan of Nationwide Children's Hospital has recently dosed two Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients with an experimental gene therapy. This gene…
Currently, over 200 different mutations are linked to the development of best vitelliform macular degeneration (BVMD, or Best disease). But while certain treatments may treat certain mutations, there has…
Many people use art, music, or writing to cope with events in their life. Personally, my platform is poetry; I love the way that I can use words to…
Dr. Lindsay Wilde, an oncologist at the Hematologic Malignancies Division of Jefferson University, recently contributed to an article in the Oncology Times outlining her research team’s new study and…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Sickle cell disease (SCD) is group of inherited red blood cell disorders. In a typical, healthy red blood cell, the cell is…
By Caitlin Seida from In The Cloud Copy Researchers in Russia completed a study measuring certain biomarkers among those with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depression. The study sought to…
According to a story from mlive.com, the state of Michigan has confirmed its first case of acute flaccid myelitis, a rare disease that tends to affect children, this year. There…
In 1986, Judy and Larry Pichon were married. The couple lived a happy life in Louisiana, though their days were sometimes complicated by Judy's health. She had granulomatosis with…
Researchers discovered surprising results after performing new studies of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). According to a report by Cort Johnson in HealthRising, the new studies give…
Rare Pediatric Disease Designation has just been granted by the FDA for an investigative therapy for lymphatic malformations (LMs). This therapy is called TARA-002 and was developed by Protara Therapeutics.…
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