Experimental New Drug Offers Hope for Rare Salivary Gland Cancer
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Experimental New Drug Offers Hope for Rare Salivary Gland Cancer

Another great breakthrough in research science! A new study found that an experimental drug combined with the traditional chemotherapy drug cisplatin successfully eliminated a rare salivary gland tumor and prevented a recurrence…

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What Do You Know About Cannabidiol Drug Interactions?
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What Do You Know About Cannabidiol Drug Interactions?

Recent studies have shown promising results that cannabidiol (CBD) helps relieve different forms of epileptic seizures like those from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is particularly severe, childhood…

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Better Than a Crystal Ball: This New Genetic Test Can Predict Familial Hypercholesterolemia
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Better Than a Crystal Ball: This New Genetic Test Can Predict Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Acute diagnosis is the Holy Grail for all illnesses and conditions. But what if you could predict the likelihood that you would develop a deadly disease and take steps to…

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Err on the Side of Caution When It Comes to This Familial Hypercholesterolemia Treatment
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Err on the Side of Caution When It Comes to This Familial Hypercholesterolemia Treatment

According to some Finnish researchers, children with heterozygous familia hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) should use statins as a treatment with caution. Though they have proven to be able to lower lipid levels…

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Is This What the MPS Research Community Been Missing?
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Is This What the MPS Research Community Been Missing?

Recent findings from research done at the University of Pennslyvania indicate a new biomarker associated with a group of rare metabolic diseases called mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). A biomarker is a measurable…

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New Research Suggests Stem Cell Therapy Could Cure Lung Fibrosis Diseases
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New Research Suggests Stem Cell Therapy Could Cure Lung Fibrosis Diseases

A North Carolina-based research group has just developed research that indicates a potential stem cell treatment for lung fibrosis conditions such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).…

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ICYMI: US Scientists Break Ground by Modifying Human Embryos for the First Time
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ICYMI: US Scientists Break Ground by Modifying Human Embryos for the First Time

Your hear that? It's the sound of the future knocking on the door! The MIT Technology Review reports about the first-known experiment to edit human embryos in the United States using a…

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New Study of Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) Often Preceding a MS Diagnosis
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New Study of Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) Often Preceding a MS Diagnosis

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), or extreme, sudden facial pain associated with the 5th cranial nerve, occurs frequently in patients who have received a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. In a survey with 8,590 respondents,…

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