A study by a team of scientists at the Children’s Research Institute was reported this week in the journal Nature Communications. The study is welcomed by the medical profession as…
For years, scientists have attempted to discover what destroys pneumococcal bacteria after a person has been vaccinated. In a recent study, vaccinologists in the U.S., China, and Switzerland, found the…
A study led by a team of German scientists provides evidence of the safety and efficacy of CD19 CAR T cell therapy and its impact on autoimmune diseases. The study…
According to an article published over at Healio, a recent study has identified six biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis patients that could predict cardiovascular disease. Prior research has demonstrated that people…
According to a story from Healio, encouraging results from a phase 2 trial could herald a new standard of treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The investigational therapy is called…
According to a story from BioSpace, the current standard approaches for drug development aren't well suited for rare diseases, which have unique characteristics in comparison to more widespread illnesses. As…
According to information in a recent press release from Wave Life Sciences, dosing has begun in a clinical trial investigating the RNA editing candidate, WVE-006. The drug treats alpha-1…
For years, scientists have been working on a completely new concept that generates new neurons in mice with Huntington's disease. They were able to demonstrate that the new cells could…
Want to learn about scientific topics without needing a PhD? Check out the Science Simplified blog from TESS Research Foundation! Dr. Tanya Brown, PhD, works with researchers to make science…
The 17th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders took place this year from February 6-9, 2024. During the Congress, stakeholders came together to discuss how…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ravages nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. It is at times called Lou Gehrig’s disease, named after the famous baseball player who died of…
Researchers have demonstrated renewed interest in vaccines that treat Alzheimer’s. The treatments remove toxic proteins from the brain. The author of a recent article in Reuters interviewed ten researchers and…
Out of 103,000 people in the United States waiting for a transplant, almost 88,000 individuals on the waiting list need a kidney transplant. These statistics were recently provided through Organ…
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…
Prilenia Therapeutics, Waltham, Massachusetts and Naarden, Netherlands is a biotechnology company with a focus on developing therapeutics to treat neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Prilenia presented data this month at…
Written by Maria Picone, TREND Community Ten years ago, my daughter was born with a rare, complex disease known as Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). PWS is best known for causing insatiable…
A Baylor College team of researchers headed by author and Associate Professor of Pathology, Liaising Yen, have spent over ten years working on a technology to effectively regulate gene expression.…
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 an article published in Healthcare Dive, a recent study published in the academic journal JAMA indicated that patients receiving treatment in hospitals owned by private equity firms were at an…
The immune system is constantly on the alert for cells that have sustained DNA damage. When a cell divides its DNA molecules are, to varying degrees, usually damaged. Yet researchers…
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…
An estimated one in every four women and one in every nine men is a victim of domestic violence, writes Huecker, King, Jordan, and Smock (2023). This accounts for about…
Editor's Note: Chronic conditions and rare diseases don't discriminate, Patient Worthy and its partners are interested in amplifying the voices of those from all identities and backgrounds. If you have…
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 story from Healio, a recent study has found that use of hydroxyurea in alignment with treatment guidelines has the potential to bring down symptoms of cerebrovascular disease…
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