According to a story from The Boston Globe, the drug developer Ovid Therapeutics plans to move forward with a late stage clinical trial that will test the company's investigational drug…
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The first indication of the influence that people can have in clinical trials when acting as a community may have occurred in the 1980s. As reported recently in Viral…
According to a press release from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the Institute's governing body has approved a grant of nearly $12 million to University of California, San…
According to a story from cmfblog.org.uk, caregiving could be another career field that will ultimately see automation replace human workers. While it may seem difficult and even a bit creepy…
According to a story from Markets Insider, the biopharmaceutical company Camurus has recently issued an announcement indicating that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's Investigational…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the gene and cell therapy company Abeona Therapeutics, Inc. has recently announced that its experimental gene therapy ABO-202 has earned Fast Track designation from…
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Each year over eighteen thousand people in the United States are diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) a common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A recent FDA news release…
According to a story from seas.harvard.edu, Harvard freshman Kavya Kopparapu was reading a story about the late Senator John McCain's diagnosis with glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer. She was stunned…
In May 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic neurological disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Sadly, it's incurable and there's no medication to ease my condition. Since then, my life…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting stories on three patients facing different struggles: a professor, a Jeopardy host, and a man from New Jersey. We also have an article about a…
Von Willebrand disease is the most common inherited blood clotting disorder that affects humans. The disorder can also be acquired. Although it is considered common, the majority of cases do…
According to a story from drugs.com, the pharmaceutical company Merck recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its drug pembrolizumab (marketed as Keytruda) as a…
It is 2019, and minority populations still account for fewer than 10% of clinical trial participants. Two decades ago, the "NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and…
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a rare and chronic disorder which affects the digestive system. Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that help fight infections. This…
Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a rare condition which is defined as lasting and progressive kidney damage. The kidneys are responsible for filtering waste and fluids from…
From Friday, June 7th to Sunday, June 9th, 2019, I had the privilege of attending the 2019 International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Educational Forum. This year, the annual event was held…
According to a story from Global Genes, the drug developer SpringWorks Therapeutics announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Fast Track Designation for its…
IPain The International Pain Foundation (IPain) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting those with chronic pain due to neurological, musculoskeletal, inflammatory, degenerative, and emotional conditions. They aim to improve…
Emily Ventura has never met in-person another person living with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), her daughter’s life-threatening ultra-rare genetic disease. That will change on June 21st when Emily and…
Happy Thursday! Today, we're highlighting stories on three patients facing different struggles: a professor, a Jeopardy host, and a man from New Jersey. We also have an article about a…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Denali Therapeutics, Inc. has recently announced that its experimental product candidate DNL310, which is currently being developed as a treatment for…
According to a story from Alabama News Center, a scientist affiliated with Southern Research, Dr. Rita Cowell, has been hard at work researching new potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,…
At the 2019 American Thoracic Society Conference this year multiple presentations demonstrated the importance of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's Patient Registry. About the Registry This registry was created by the Pulmonary…
According to a story from Business Wire, the biopharmaceutical company X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the medical genetics company Invitae Corporation have recently announced that they have come into a parternship…
What are Generic Drugs? Generic drugs are any medications "equivalent" to brand name pharmaceuticals. These drugs are much cheaper than the brand name medications and the United States Food and…
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