On December 10, 2021, biotechnology company Active Biotech shared that the first subject was dosed within a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating laquinimod for non-infectious non-anterior uveitis. What is particularly…
A recent article in Science Daily reports that researchers at the Copenhagen and Lund Universities, using animal models, killed bacterial meningitis without the use of antibiotics. Estimates from the WHO…
According to a recent article published in Science Daily, twenty years of research is being challenged by a team of Cambridge University scientists. The new findings of the team of…
How do cytotoxic T lymphocytes (TILs) play a role in ovarian cancer outcomes? What underlying biological activities or cellular interactions help stimulate TILs to destroy or damage cancerous cells? According…
On December 2, 2021, Ultimovacs ASA ("Ultimovacs") announced via news release that its universal cancer vaccine, UV1, received Orphan Drug designation from the FDA. UV1 is designed for those…
When we are injured, new cells flow to the injury site and replace the body’s damaged cells. This process is called “cell migration.” According to a recent article in Science…
A recent article in Medical Life Sciences alerts physicians to be aware of a deadly skin cancer. It is called cytotoxic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). According to an article in…
According to an article posted by Morningstar, IMV Inc. has dosed the first patient in its Phase 1b trial of maveropepimut-S (MVP-S), which will investigate safety in patients with hormone…
A new approach to evaluating the value and efficacy of treatment was developed by associate professor Meredith Regan ScD of Harvard’s Medical School and Dana Farber Institute. A recent article…
According to a recent study by the investigative staff at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, there is a direct correlation between the ethnicity or race of the site personnel and…
Since the onset of COVID-19, there have been approximately 262M cases, and 5.2M deaths, on a worldwide scale. However, the introduction of various COVID-19 vaccines, such as those from Pfizer…
A recent study published in Nature and Science of Sleep looked at asthma and its possible connection to narcolepsy, actually finding indications that an asthma diagnosis raises the risk of…
A recent study was published in JAMA Oncology outlining a retrospective cohort study analyzing cabozantinib as a treatment for renal cell carcinoma that has metastasized to the brain. According to the data,…
According to an article published by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a recent survey has provided insight into the burden experienced by acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) patients. Titled the POWER (POrphyria Worldwide Patient…
Recently the Kidney Cancer Association held its International Kidney Cancer Symposium, where medical professionals and other industry members come together to share ideas and push for innovative research and treatments…
Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for patients with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma for over ten years. According to a recent article in Healio, the median survival is about nine…
Back in June of this year, the FDA granted approval to UPLINZA to reduce attacks in patients with anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G seropositive (AQP4-IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Now, the…
On October 27, 2021, PR Newswire highlighted an article about a unique patient-led analysis that was conducted in Atlanta, Georgia, and Brussels, Belgium by people living with myasthenia gravis (MG).…
Want to learn about scientific topics without needing a PhD? Check out the Science Simplified blog from TESS Research Foundation! Dr. Tanya Brown, PhD, works with researchers to make science…
According to a recent journal, a case study found that the development of anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (anti-GBM) may be triggered by COVID-19. Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease Anti-glomerular basement membrane…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Clinical trials are fantastic ways to develop a deeper understanding of a specific disease, as well as determine the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of potential treatments. Unfortunately, these treatments are…
Years ago, talabostat (BXCL701) failed during a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the therapy for patients with pancreatic cancer. However, drug developer BioXcel Therapeutics (“BioXcel”) did not give up…
The COVID-19 vaccine was approved quickly by the FDA in an effort to fight the raging pandemic. Due to the rapid pace of these trials, a number of populations weren't…
In the past, many doctors and researchers have considered malaria, a parasitic mosquito-borne illness, to be an infection of the blood and liver. As malaria can cause anemia (low red blood…
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