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The University of Southern California (USC) recently published an article in USC News announcing that researchers have discovered a technique allowing them to untangle the coiled, spiraling DNA molecules.…
It is already known that gender plays a role in systemic sclerosis disease with scleroderma – it’s about four times as prevalent in women than men - but a…
Narcolepsy is characterized by drowsiness, often during the daytime. This is a symptom that greatly affects the lives of those with narcolepsy, and for a long time no FDA…
According to a story from gurufocus.com, the biopharmaceutical company Scholar Rock has recently announced the release of preliminary results from a phase 2 clinical trial. This clinical trial is testing…
According to a story from The Oklahoman, Dr. Roger McEver, who is a scientist and the Vice President of Research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), played a pioneering…
Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has long been suggested as a treatment for symptoms of gastroparesis, but the use of the technique has been deemed controversial. A recent study published…
The FDA has recently approved of Viking Therapeutics' Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which allows patients to enroll in their clinical trials. In order to qualify for these trials,…
According to a story from Juvenile Arthritis News, the results of a recent phase 3 clinical trial indicate that the drug tofacitinib (marketed as Xeljanz) can be an effective treatment…
According to a story from Neurology Advisor, the results of a recent study suggest that the presence of psychiatric issues in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension is connected to a…
The most common inherited bleeding disorder, von Willebrand disease, appears more likely to cause problems for juvenile males living with the disease than juvenile females, according to a study…
Unfortunately, there are downsides to a lot of treatments for various diseases, such as price, frequency of doses, and discomfort. Any one of these factors can discourage people from…
According to a story from Globe Newswire, the biopharmaceutical company Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the results of a phase 3 clinical trial that was testing its experimental product candidate…
According to a story from pharmaphorum.com, the drug company Genfit has recently released data from a study which was testing the effectiveness of a new approach for the diagnosis of…
There have been extreme improvements in genetic engineering over the past fifty years since it was pioneered in the 1970s. It has been used for the treatment of various…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, a collaborative study headed by researchers from Yale University has furthered the understanding of the mechanisms and progression of fibrosis (scarring) in patients with…
Scientists have been studying animals in order to better understand certain diseases for years. In fact, a genetic disorder that causes blindness called Leber's congenital amaurosis was found in…
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The Golden Age of Health and Wellness is Almost Here A recent article in the Vancouver Weekly News describes the euphoria that accompanied the official declaration of the completion…
By Jodee Redmond from In the Cloud Copy The results of a recent study published in Pompe Disease News suggest that a molecular “tag” used to improve the distribution of…
By Rachel Whetstone from In the Cloud Copy Although rare diseases are uncommon by definition, a new study shows that the total number of people affected by rare diseases is…
According to a story from pm360online.com, the biopharmaceutical company miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., recently presented Phase I clinical trial data regarding the company's experimental drug cobomarsen. This data was presented at…
Patients in the ICU are under constant surveillance, with consistent monitoring of their blood pressure, blood cultures, and other laboratory markers. These things help doctors understand how the patient is…
Over the course of the past nineteen years, scientists were able to successfully map the entirety of the human genome and there have been great advances in genetic testing. These…
Cancer tumors need an abundance of different nutrients to grow. Therefore it would make sense that by cutting off the food supply to cancer tumors, we could successfully inhibit their…
A New Study A recent study published in Nature Immunology and conducted by researchers at the University of Basel has produced influential results regarding primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID). These rare disorders…
The Bio Patient and Health Advocacy Summit of 2019 was recently held in Washington D.C. One of the panels addressed patient engagement with the FDA and how patients, advocates, families, and organizations…
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