In 2020, the CDC estimates that there were 241 million cases of malaria globally, of which 627,000 people died. Unfortunately, many of the mortalities were associated with children in sub-Saharan…
A clinical trial recently conducted at the Pediatric Imam Hossein Hospital demonstrated that synbiotics (a mixture of prebiotics and probiotics) can significantly improve symptoms for pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) patients.…
Elizabeth Dravis is a PhD student studying public health, a medical professional, a runner, and a mother. She also is a minimal change disease (MCD) patient. This is her diagnosis…
Sparsentan is a dual endothelin angiotensin receptor antagonist (DEARA) currently being developed for the treatment of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The newest update on sparsentan was recently shared by Travere Therapeutics via…
Previous studies have shown that preterm infants (babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy) often have vitamin D insufficiency. According to Medical Dialogues, researchers in Korea sought to understand the…
In August of 2021, Intellia Therapeutics of Cambridge and its partner Regeneron Pharmaceuticals published a study reported in the Boston Globe, showing results of a single treatment using CRISPR-Cas9 technology.…
When it comes to finding treatments for diseases, whether they're common or rare, the process doesn't always start from scratch. In many cases, existing drugs are taken and studied in…
Diagnosing certain conditions can be difficult for many reasons, one of which is the similarity between symptoms of numerous diseases. Doctors can mistake one disease for another, which then impacts…
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