Reston, VA — Radioguided surgery can detect and remove metastatic pelvic lymph nodes in patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Targeting the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), which is overexpressed in most prostate cancer patients, radioguided surgery can improve...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Rallybio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to identifying and accelerating the development of life-transforming therapies for patients with severe and rare disorders, today announced that clinical proof of concept has been established in the ongoing Phase 1/2 study of RLYB211. RLYB211, a polyclonal anti-HPA-1a antibody, is...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Rallybio Corporation announced preliminary Phase 1 multiple ascending dose (MAD) data for RLYB116, an innovative, long-acting, low volume subcutaneously injected inhibitor of complement component 5 (C5), in development for patients with complement-mediated diseases. The Phase 1 MAD study for RLYB116 evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK),...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Rallybio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to identifying and accelerating the development of life-transforming therapies for patients with severe and rare disorders, today announced the details of two previously undisclosed pipeline programs. RLYB212 is a novel monoclonal antibody to human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a in preclinical development...
Bellingham, Washington – More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, with approximately half of them being children. For about one-third of these patients, medications do not control their seizures, leaving surgery as the only viable option for seizure relief. Seizures in 60 percent of these drug-resistant cases start...
Cambridge, Mass. – Drug development is typically slow: the pipeline from basic research discoveries that provide the basis for a new drug to clinical trials to production of a widely available medicine can take decades. But decades can feel impossibly far off to someone who currently has a fatal disease....
Ottawa, Canada – How can someone have alcohol intoxication without consuming alcohol? Auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut fungi create alcohol through fermentation, is described in a case study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.231319. “Auto-brewery syndrome carries substantial social, legal, and medical consequences for patients and...
DURHAM, N.C. — The Rare Cancer Research Foundation (RCRF) is proud to announce an exciting collaboration with Spanios aimed at propelling the discovery and validation of groundbreaking therapeutic options for rare cancers. This partnership, facilitated through RCRF’s innovative initiative, Pattern.org, marks a significant step towards addressing the pressing need for...
Basel, Switzerland – The rare case of a man with Lambert-Eaton myasthenia syndrome (LEMS) that co-occurred with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of immune cell cancer, was described in a recent report. “In this case report, we present the case of a 57-year-old male diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) who developed...
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus celebrated the global Rare Disease Day on February 28 with an event that highlighted the campus’ strengths in diagnosing and treating rare diseases and explored a vision for creating a regional rare disease hub. Campus experts, hospital and community partners, patients, and families...
