MILFORD — Amanda Pitre, 30, lives with her parents and can only work part-time because she has an autoimmune disease that creates constant, burning pain as if a “blowtorch” was lit inside her. But Pitre, 30, who was born weighing only 2 pounds, 2 ounces, has begun forging a path to...
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Wilson’s disease is a rare disorder of copper metabolism, an “orphan disease” – a condition so uncommon that its diagnosis and treatment had been neglected. The disease was recognised by the British neurologist Kinnear Wilson in 1912, but a simple means of detecting it did not exist until the 1950s,...
New York, NY — The Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation (HNF) announced today the formation of a Research Consortium (HNF-RC) designed to speed the development of new therapies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which affects approximately 1 million US citizens, and is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder worldwide. The HNF has made...
CHICAGO – Higher amounts of visceral abdominal fat in midlife are linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Visceral fat is fat surrounding the internal organs deep in the belly. Researchers...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion recommending by consensus the approval of the high dose regimen of nusinersen for the treatment of 5q spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). 5q SMA...
Vancouver, Canada. A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels, common among patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and pancreatic cancer. The study, published in Cell Metabolism, provides the first detailed explanation of why people...
London, England – Clocking up high weekly levels of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity is linked to a lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease in overweight/obese people with type 2 diabetes, finds research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. But boosting the weekly tally by just...
Los Angeles, Calif. – A new study led by researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that using high doses of radiation while integrating an ablative radiotherapy technique called stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) concurrently with chemotherapy is safe and effective in treating people with locally advanced non-small cell...
NDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – More than 90% of people with Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal disorder in humans and the most frequent genetic cause of intellectual disability, are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease by ages 55-60. A new study recently published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology uses leading-edge cryo-electron microscopy imaging technology...
HANGZHOU, China — HighField Biopharmaceuticals, a clinical stage immuno-oncology company using lipid-based therapeutics to treat cancer, announced today it has completed its Phase 1a study of HF1K16. Treating patients having multiple tumor types, the data demonstrated that the drug, administered as a single agent, is well-tolerated with only one dose-limiting...