While juvenile idiopathic arthritis remains to be the most common rheumatic disease in children, researchers have long been stumped at its caused. The best prediction was that it originated as…
According to a story from 2 Minute Medicine, a recent analysis found that patients with lupus nephritis saw their risk of death decrease by 70 percent on average after receiving…
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are caused by bacteria found in the environment. In healthy individuals, these bacteria normally cause no harm. However, for those who have a compromised immune system or who…
According to a story from sectorpublishingintelligence.co.uk, the biopharmaceutical company Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that the first patient had been dosed in the company's Phase 2 clinical trial. This trial…
According to a story from prweb.com, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Allegheny Health Network (AHC) Cancer Institute have entered a partnership that plans to investigate…
According to a story from wired.com, everything changed for Sonia Vallabh and her husband Eric Minikel after Sonia's mother died from a mysterious illness. Sonia's mother Kamni was in her…
Notable Labs Notable Labs was created after founder, Matt De Silva, felt he was left in a helpless point, following a year of research on treatment options for his father's Glioblastoma…
Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare disease that causes the skin to thicken and form into scar tissue. It can affect various parts of the body including the gastrointestinal track,…
According to a story from Science Daily, a team including Dr. Stephen Meltzer from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has developed a method for detecting esophageal cancer. In…
According to a story from Parkinson's News Today, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the key weakness of Levodopa, one of the most common treatments…
Epidermolysis Bullosa Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) refers to a group of rare conditions which are characterized by fragile skin. Basically, the disease is caused by separation between the layers of the skin.…
The History of West Nile Virus The West Nile Virus (WNV) was named for the location where it was originally found- the West Nile district in Uganda. It was discovered…
The most common treatment for someone who is discovered to have early stage kidney cancer is surgery. The patient's tumors and a part of their kidneys are removed through a…
Sarcoidosis is a rare condition which causes inflammatory cells to build up in various organs throughout the body. For 90% of people with a sarcoidosis diagnoses, the lungs are one…
According to a story from Oral Cancer News, a class of immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors can play a critical role in treating a number of common and rare…
According to a story from the Philly Voice, it has been nearly nine years since Dr. David Fajgenbaum was first diagnosed with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. This immune system disorder…
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare condition which causes inflammation in the liver. It can lead to cirrhosis and ultimately, liver failure. The typical treatment for patients with the disease includes…
According to a story from Scleroderma News, a recent study found that while treatment approaches for juvenile localized scleroderma were quite consistent in the UK, there were significant disparities in…
According to a story from Science Daily, a team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified the likely cause of a recent outbreak of an unusual…
We've made a lot of progress in cancer research in recent years. Many novel therapies have been developed for illnesses previously considered untreatable. However, as new treatments have been discovered,…
According to a story from brightsurf.com, a team from the Washington University School of Medicine, based in St. Louis, has succesfully developed a gene therapy that appears to prevent damage…
According to a story from news-medical.net, a team of researchers have found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease display distinct changes to the makeup of bacteria that live in their…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a recent study found that people who survived Hodgkin lymphoma during their childhood were at a greater risk of developing another type of…
Danon disease is a rare condition caused by a mutated LAMP-2 gene. This gene has three different forms- LAMP-2A, 2B, and 2C. Depending in which variant is mutated, individuals with…
aTTP aTTP, or acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura, is an immune condition which results in severe Thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia means the body doesn't have enough platelets in the blood. In aTTP, it's caused…
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