Rare Classroom: Ataxia-Telangiectasia
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
In mid-September 2022, specialty pharmaceutical company Acasti Pharma Inc. (“Acasti”) shared via a news release that it had initiated a pharmacokinetic study on GTX-102. Within the study, Acasti hopes…
The Catawba Virginia Farmers Market’s mission is to provide the Catawba community with local produce and handicrafts. Stephanie and Donald Schneider owners of Pacaberry Farms have been vendors at the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for everyone; we've all had to make changes to our lives because of it. Some of us have had to make bigger changes than…
The US Food and Drug Administration have just approved a genetically engineered swine research model for the rare disease ataxia telangiectasia for commercial use. The model, officially named the ExeGen…
Christopher Barker is everything you'd expect in a 3-year-old. He's happy, loud, and full of life, so it was a devastating shock to hear that he had a fatal disease,…
Kathy Dzembo felt hopeless with her great-nephew's rare disease so she did what she does best: bake. Connor's scary diagnosis was that of a neurodegenerative disorder called ataxia-telangiectasia, an autosomal…
Our bodies are complex and unpredictable machines. We can try our best to keep them healthy, but sometimes nature does its work, resulting in something we never could have planned…