Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (dRTA) What is distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA)? Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is a kidney disease that occurs when the kidneys don’t remove acids from…
Lydia, a 16-year-old student at Ng'iya Girls High, was sent home permanently due to her rare disorder, reports Daily Nation. Lydia suffers from a disease called Cord Ischemia, and the…
Gene therapy has successfully made its presence known in the medical field this last year, reported ABC News. Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health isn't afraid to…
A couple of days before Christmas, the FDA granted a regular approval to the drug, hydroxyurea (Siklos) for treatment of pediatric sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a chronic…
According to The Washington Post, on Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, made history by approving a gene therapy for childhood blindness, which will change the lives of many…
We've written about CRISPR technology before, and it's potential for treating sickle cell anemia. But in a latest study done at the University of California, Berkeley, sponsored by the NIH,…
The 1960s were a time of social rebellion and reform. The Civil Rights Movement, the feminist movement, and Vatican II all rose from a growing sense of dissatisfaction with the…
Your hear that? It's the sound of the future knocking on the door! The MIT Technology Review reports about the first-known experiment to edit human embryos in the United States using a…
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