According to an article from CW associate WBCB, Dutch startup Nori Health has started open enrollment in the six-week test of its eponymous experimental chatbot, Nori. Nori aims to help…
According to a publication at BioPortfolio, Belgian researchers are developing an orally-administered antibody medication for patients living with gastrointestinal disorders. In most cases, antibodies are injected into the bloodstream for…
In a recent video interview with Healio, Dr. David Rubin recapped some of his discussion at the 2019 Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit. At the summit, he and his colleagues spoke about…
According to a story from VC Reporter, Dr. Sabine Hazan-Steinberg is a true believer in the medical capabilities of fecal microbial transplant (FMT). Despite the fact that this procedure has…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the collective term used to describe ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. These conditions cause diarrhea, rectal bleeding, fatigue, weight loss, and rectal bleeding. These…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an autoimmune condition which causes inflammation throughout the digestive tract. There are two main forms of the condition- Crohn's disease and the…
According to a story from Reuters, a new website developed by the American Gastroenterological Association is meant to help women that have inflammatory bowel disease have safe and healthy pregnancies.…
According to a story from Medical News Today, leaving ulcerative colitis (a form of inflammatory bowel disease) untreated could result in dire consequences for a patient. While ideally all patients…
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…
UPI Health News recently reported that a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that fecal microbiota transplantation resulted in a 32 percent remission rate in patients…
Perhaps the most difficult thing about rare disease research is that not only do the conditions affect only a small portion of the population, but like every diagnosis, they affect…
According to a story from The Straits Times, Nicole Lim, who recently turned eighteen, learned that she had three different rare diseases when she was just thirteen years old. Getting…
According to an article at PR Newswire, Bridge Biotherapeutics Inc., a South Korean biotechnology company, has announced the opening of three of its scheduled ten clinical study sites for the…
A story from Family Features Editorial Syndicate, published on PR Newswire discussed how getting diagnosed with a chronic, rare disease can be an overwhelming time for a person. While the experience can also give a meaningful…
According to a story from WebMD, a recent study revealed that men with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or other forms of inflammatory bowel disease are at an increased risk of…
According to a story from Business Insider, two researchers from Stanford University, Lawrence Steinman and Jonathan Rothbard, have decided to start a new company called Katexco Pharmaceuticals. This startup will…
According to a story from Business Wire, the biotechnology company Abivax recently released the results from its Phase 2a clinical trial. This trial was testing its investigational product ABX464 as…
According to a story from the pharmaceutical company Takeda, the company recently released the results from its clinical trial testing an experimental subcutaneous formula of the drug vedolizumab. The drug…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the expansion of the indication for tofacitinib (marketed as Xeljanz), which will now include treatment…
A clinical trial that is investigating a drug designed to treat ulcerative colitis has completed patient enrolment, reports Business Wire. Ulcerative colitis is a long-term inflammatory bowel condition. The severity…
According to a story from scimex.org, a recent data review is calling into question the previously held consensus that common pain medicines such as NSAIDs and paracetamol could make inflammatory…
According to a story from Financial Content, the drug company Arena Pharmaceuticals recently announced that its data results from Phase II clinical trials has been positive. The trial in question…
Michael Mauti, a linebacker for the New Orleans Saints, had been struggling with ulcerative colitis for years, and it was getting worse. The thought of eating become one of great…
25-year-old Zoey Wright is a real force of nature! Having been diagnosed with the rare disease ulcerative colitis she found herself dependent upon a colostomy bag, yet that didn't stop…
According to a story from IBD News Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just issued approval for the pharmaceutical company Immunic Therapeutics to move forward with Phase II…
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