Can a Brain Implant Treat Dementia Caused by Sanfilippo Syndrome? A Boy’s Story Offers Hope
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Can a Brain Implant Treat Dementia Caused by Sanfilippo Syndrome? A Boy’s Story Offers Hope

According to a story from metro.co.uk, Harley Bond was three years old when he was first diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome type B, a rare progressive genetic disorder. Now five years…

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Health Canada Approves Cabometyx for Previously Treated Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Health Canada Approves Cabometyx for Previously Treated Hepatocellular Carcinoma

According to a story from the Malvern Daily Record, the biotechnology company Exelixis, Inc. has recently announced that its partner company Ipsen BioPharmaceuticals Canada Inc. has had its drug cabozantinib…

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Life of Jewish Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient Who Defied the Odds Celebrated in Documentary
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Life of Jewish Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient Who Defied the Odds Celebrated in Documentary

According to a story from The Times of Israel, Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky died the past August at age 43 due to complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The woman was…

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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): An Underdiagnosed Condition That Doctors Said Was All in Her Head

About one to three million people in the United States are living with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). The disease affects one in one hundred teens and is more common…

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Blood-Derived Biomarkers and Right Ventricular Function: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease

According to a posting from clinicaltrials.gov, an observational study will be focused on the identification of biomarkers for pediatric congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Biomarkers derived from the…

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A Woman With Cystic Fibrosis and Another With Heart Failure Got Organ Transplants From the Same Donor
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A Woman With Cystic Fibrosis and Another With Heart Failure Got Organ Transplants From the Same Donor

According to a story from theage.com.au, a remarkable turn of fate would bring together two women who would have otherwise never known each other---and save both of their lives in…

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Using PacBio SMRT Sequencing in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Other Rare Disorders

  Stéphanie Tomé is an investigator at the Sorbonne Université in Paris, France. A recent article in PacBio describes Tomé’s research into a disease that becomes progressively worse with each generation.…

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Catalyst is Meeting with the FDA to Discuss the Future of Firdapse for Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes

Firdapse, or amifampridine phosphate, is a medication currently approved for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, or LEMS. However, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has been working to evaluate if it can aid other neurological and…

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After a Run-in With Autoimmune Hepatitis, This Family is Celebrating Their Two Year “Transplantaversary”
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After a Run-in With Autoimmune Hepatitis, This Family is Celebrating Their Two Year “Transplantaversary”

According to a story from the Children's Organ Transplant Association, the Fitzmaurice family of St. Louis, Missouri will have a ton to be thankful for as the holidays roll around…

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