Researchers acknowledge that the primary cause of failure of stem cell transplants is disease relapse. This holds true specifically for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants where a cancer patient…
According to a story from Ophthalmology Times, the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly expanded the usage of telemedicine, including virtual, tele-ophthalmology appointments. It also highlighted the effectiveness of AI, and both of…
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…
Written By Ashely Winslow, PhD, President & Chief Scientific Officer of Odylia Therapeutics One of the biggest issues impacting many rare disease communities is the availability of approved treatments. While…
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…
Dr. Cecilia Chung and associates at the Vanderbilt University’s Medical Center conducted a study published recently in MedPage Today. Results showed that patients who had inflammatory disorders, as well…
Scientists have known for years that Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is caused by a gene on the X chromosome. The gene (the WASP gene) can be found throughout the immune…
Takeda and its collaborator, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, recently announced results from AROAAT-2002 of the investigational drug fazirsiran. The drug is an RNA interference therapeutic developed to lessen alpha-1 antitirypsin protein…
According to a story from Medpage Today, patients using the drug azathioprine who carried a certain genotype were three times more likely to need to either cease treatment or reduce…
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…
According to a recent announcement, Epilepsy Research UK has announced a funding collaboration with the Tuberous Sclerosis Association which will support the investigation of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-associated epilepsy.…
The most common form of leukemia in Western countries is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The disease accounts for almost thirty percent of known leukemia cases. Approximately 30,000 Europeans were…
According to a story from Healio, a recent phase 2 clinical trial found that treatment with vinorelbine plus active supportive care offered greater progression-free survival than active supportive care on…
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…
A study of hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients in Brazil was featured in an article in the Angioedema News. Researchers found that patients waited on average seventeen years for a…
According to a recent article, a study has shown that keratoconus patients who do not get their timely corneal crosslinking will have permanent changes in their corneal structure. Keratoconus…
The history of mesothelioma dates back to 1767 as being the earliest record of tumors found on the lining of the lungs. In 1909 J.G. Adami introduced the term…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, a recent study using a mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A produced some interesting results. The researchers found that administration of theophylline…
Findings from the MITO23 Trial investigating the outcome of the chemotherapy drug trabectedin against physician’s choice to treat BRCA-mutated patients with ovarian cancer were presented at ASCO’s 2022 Annual…
The most common gastrointestinal tumors in the world are esophageal cancers. A recent article in DovePress reports that the malignancy is also the eighth most common worldwide. In China…
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…
The number of Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses has been rising rapidly over the last few decades. Today, an estimated 6.5 million Americans alone are living with this disease. Yet there…
According to a recent article, $100 million has been given to four research teams by the Cancer Grand Challenges program for cancer research. Cancer Grand Challenges Program The Cancer…
The novel program called BeginNGS™ was described in a recent article which has a goal of testing for five hundred disorders and several thousand infants. Rady Children's Institute for…
Genetic testing has always been costly and directed at DNA sequencing. Only a limited number of genes could be tested. It was useful to a small number of patients…
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