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Sugar Land, TX – Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease associated with the development of several other metabolic disease, including cancer. The present study aims to evaluate the eating habits, physical activity, and clinical profiles of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with overweight/obesity. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with data...
Philadelphia – Thanksgiving is often a time for thinking about your belly. For those with an inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis, feasting can be associated with stress, even when food isn’t a trigger for the painful symptoms. New research in mice suggests that certain foods – especially those high...
BOULDER, Colo. — Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: EWTX), a leading muscle disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Orphan Drug Designations for sevasemten for the treatment of Becker muscular dystrophy (Becker) and for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne). Sevasemten is an investigational...
BOULDER, Colo. — Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: EWTX), a leading muscle disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for EDG-5506 for the treatment of Duchenne. EDG-5506 is an investigational orally administered small molecule designed to prevent contraction-induced muscle damage...
BOULDER, Colo. – Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: EWTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing orally bioavailable, small molecule therapies for rare muscle disorders, today announced the publication of the first cross-sectional, retrospective study to describe selective elevation of fast but not slow skeletal muscle fiber injury biomarkers in the...
BOULDER, Colo. – Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: EWTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing orally bioavailable, small molecule therapies for rare muscle disorders, today announced the appointment of Joanne M. Donovan, M.D., Ph.D., to the position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Donovan will be responsible for leading clinical, medical...
BOULDER, Colo. — Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., a leading muscle disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced the launch of an educational website dedicated to the Becker muscular dystrophy (Becker) community: www.beckermusculardystrophy.com. This is the first website solely focused on providing Becker-specific resources to help individuals and caregivers better understand the disease, learn...
BEIJING & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – EdiGene, Inc. (“Company”, or “EdiGene”), today announced the first patient enrolled in multicenter Phase I clinical study of its investigational gene-editing hematopoietic stem cell therapy ET-01 for patients with transfusion dependent β-thalassemia at the Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, and...