A Recent Study Has Found That Minocycline Doesn’t Benefit People with Angelman Syndrome

The drug minocycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. Previous research using mouse models has indicated that it may have anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic (prevents cell death) properties and may benefit some neurological…

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Two Companies Are Collaborating to Develop a Combination Therapy For Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

Two companies, Tolero Pharmaceuticals Inc. and AbbieVie, have agreed to collaborate to clinically research a potential combination therapy for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia. The potential therapy is comprised…

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The FDA Has Awarded Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation to an Experimental Drug for X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy
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The FDA Has Awarded Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation to an Experimental Drug for X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy

The investigational drug AT132 has been awarded Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation for the treatment of X-linked Myotubular Myopathy by the United States FDA. You can read the source press…

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Two Studies Investigated the Long-Term Effects of Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
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Two Studies Investigated the Long-Term Effects of Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease

Two studies have looked into the long-term effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. For more detailed information on this topic, you can find the…

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Tikomed Has Received Permission to Carry Out a Study of Their Experimental Drug for ALS in the UK

The speciality pharmaceutical company Tikomed has announced that the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has granted the company permission to go ahead with a Phase 2 clinical study.…

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Researchers Have Found Which Common Blood Tests are the Most Effective for Identifying Multiple Myeloma
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Researchers Have Found Which Common Blood Tests are the Most Effective for Identifying Multiple Myeloma

A team of researchers led by Constantinos Koshiaris from the University of Oxford have recently published a study that investigated the best way to identify multiple myeloma through blood tests.…

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A New Radiation Therapy Procedure Using The “Bystander Effect” Could Make Mesothelioma Treatment More Effective
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A New Radiation Therapy Procedure Using The “Bystander Effect” Could Make Mesothelioma Treatment More Effective

According to a story from abc.net.au, a team of Australian scientists have developed a technique for delivering radiation therapy that could enhance both the potency and safety of treatment. This…

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The FDA Has Awarded Fast Track Designation to an Investigational Drug For Certain Forms of Ovarian Cancer
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The FDA Has Awarded Fast Track Designation to an Investigational Drug For Certain Forms of Ovarian Cancer

The United States FDA has awarded Fast Track Designation to the investigational drug AVB-S6-500 for the potential treatment of platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer. You can find out more detailed information…

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A Trove of Brain Cancer Data Just Became Available to Researchers

According to a story from healthnewsdigest.com, an important source of data related to brain cancer has just become widely available to global researchers. This dataset was supported by Georgetown University,…

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New Research Approach to Improve Outcomes for Those with Metastatic Breast Cancer and More
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New Research Approach to Improve Outcomes for Those with Metastatic Breast Cancer and More

  According to UWHealth, the researchers at UW Carbone Cancer Center look behind the five-year survival rate for cancer and instead consult what they call their "core facility--Cancer Prevention and…

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Organisations are Collaborating to Develop a Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
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Organisations are Collaborating to Develop a Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

  Several organisations are collaborating to develop a gene therapy that targets cystic fibrosis. Boehringer Ingelheim, Imperial Innovations, Oxford BioMedica, and the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium will work…

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A Man Who Set Up a Healthcare Company After Being Diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Has Secured $3 Million Funding

  The healthcare technology company RDMD was founded by Onno Faber, who has himself been diagnosed with a rare disorder. RDMD, which describes itself as “dedicated to accelerating research” with…

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Scientists Have Managed to Create a Mouse Model for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Scientists Have Managed to Create a Mouse Model for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

According to a story from EurakAlert!, a group of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have achieved a major breakthrough for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research that will…

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Takeda and Ovid Have Provided an Update on the Clinical Development Program for an Investigational Anti-Epileptic Drug
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Takeda and Ovid Have Provided an Update on the Clinical Development Program for an Investigational Anti-Epileptic Drug

  Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Ovid Therapeutics have released an overview of the clinical development program for TAK-935/OV935, an investigational drug that is being developed as a potential anti-epileptic…

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