The Foltz family relates to a number of usual, happy family evenings. Some of them, however, include unnerving moments in which their son, Trevor, experienced multiple seizures. At first they…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved the New Drug Application for an innovative new delivery system for Remodulin, a therapy that…
According to Business Wire, a pharmaceutical company, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., recently announced that they have enrolled the first lupus nephritis patients in the AURORA 2 extension study. Not only this, but Aurinia…
Famous poetic thought suggests that "the eyes are the window to the soul." Doctors studying Wilson disease, however, may see the eyes as the window to a diagnosis. According to…
What could make a family in Lebanon travel all the way to UCLA? The answer is a unique stem cell gene therapy designed to combat SCID. The El Kerdi family…
According to a report by Evening Times, two new drugs targeting Huntington’s disease are on the way. Developed by Wave Life Sciences, the new drugs will soon undergo clinical trials…
According to a story from philly.com, four year old Ethan Lieber of the Roxborough neighborhood in Philadelphia is one of just 500 people in the US with Hunter syndrome. This…
According to a story from the FH Foundation, the non-profit organization has released a vital consensus statement regarding the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia, which is the most prevalent genetic cause…
According to a story from WebMD, a recent study concludes that the rates of diagnosis for thyroid cancer have been steadily increasing recently, and that it is over treated in…
According to a story from cbc.ca, Cole Pringle is a 31-year-old man from Regina, Saskatchewan with spinal muscular atrophy, a debilitating illness that severely affects his mobility. He was diagnosed…
According to a story from The Sun, Alex was just two months old when he first experienced symptoms of xeroderma pigmentosum. His parents took him out to the park and…
Treatments for neurological diseases have been developing rapidly in the modern era. Despite the development of new medicines and therapeutic techniques for many conditions, no cure has been found for…
According to a story from rdmag.com, researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered a critical mechanism that helps facilitate the normal DNA repair process. This mechanism could have implications…
According to an article published on BioPortfolio, a charitable foundation known as The Assistance Fund recently began a program to assist with the medical costs of hemophilia. The Assistance Fund…
According to a story from KVIA, the University Medical Center at El Paso, Texas, is offering an innovative "hot" chemotherapy treatment that has the potential to treat a variety of…
According to a story from the Sydney Morning Herald, Hayley Wyatt appeared to be calling for her mother in her final moments, but there was nothing anyone in her family…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the company Progenic Pharmaceuticals recently reported the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently approved the company's product iobenguane I 131 (AZEDRA). This…
According to a story from MIT Technology Review, it was 2011 when Sonia Vallabh received the results of a genetic test that showed that she had the genetic mutation responsible…
According to a story from the Sydney Morning Herald, Maxwell Hayes thought that is cancer was gone after an eight year period of remission. Then, his mantle cell lymphoma returned.…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Chiasma, Inc., recently announced that it has completed the enrollment of 135 patients for its Phase 3 clinical trial. This trial…
There’s good news coming out of MIT this week. In an article on Medical Xpress, new findings are coming out using CRISPR, a tool that is known for its ability…
The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded Orphan Drug Designation to the drug lenabasum as a treatment for dermatomyositis. The use of lenabasum for treating this condition, and others,…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a long term study testing a treatment for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has recently concluded. The treatment in question is a…
As vice chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network ‘s (NCCN) committee on multiple myeloma, Dr. Natalie Callander helps to set guidelines for effective evaluation and treatment. The NCCN commonly…
According to a story from the Los Angeles Daily News, for children with debilitating rare illnesses like cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or muscular dystrophy, it can often take a long time…
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