WUHAN, China and SAN DIEGO — Matthias Szabo Zarb, a Maltese college student, was diagnosed with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy caused by ND1 mutation (ND1-LHON) two years ago, which led to a rapid deterioration in his visual acuity and inability to engage in normal activities. Through the National Alliance for Rare...
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For decades they have been looking for the few and the proud. In Chris Kaag, the Marines found such a man. A Marine is a Marine. There is no such thing as a former Marine, according to the 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos. When your...
RADNOR, Pa. – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics to treat rare seizure disorders, today announced the appointment of Saraswathy (“Sara”) Nochur, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. “Sara brings tremendous experience and success in managing global regulatory and drug development and...
RADNOR, Pa.- Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics to treat rare seizure disorders, today announced the hiring of Steven E. Pfanstiel as Chief Financial Officer and Lisa Lejuwaan to the newly created position of Vice President of Sales. The appointments reflect...
RADNOR, Pa. – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics to treat seizure disorders, today announced the appointment of Santiago Arroyo, M.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Arroyo brings more than 30 years of experience in academic neurology and pharmaceutical...
Chandan Bariya of Sankariya village of Limkheda Taluka was brought to the clinic of Samir Brahmbhat after complaining of severe abdominal pain. Tests demonstrated that the girl was suffering from a rare disorder called Rapunzel syndrome, where an individual pulls one’s hair out and then eats it. This condition normally...
Columbus, Ohio – When Susan Powers went in for surgery to replace her hip in 2018, the last thing on her mind was cancer. But Powers’ pre-surgery blood work alarmed doctors enough that they recommended she see an oncologist immediately. Her daughter, Cheryl Spile, drove her to the hospital, where...
How can inflammatory responses be stimulated or inhibited? How do inflammasomes act as inflammatory switches at a molecular level? Prof. Dr. Matthias Geyer from the Institute of Structural Biology at University Hospital Bonn, the transdisciplinary research area “Life & Health” and the ImmunoSensation2 Cluster of Excellence at the University of...
Rochester, Minnesota – Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Columbia University received a five-year, $10.6 million U54 center grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further study combining the molecular analysis of glioblastoma with MRI. Glioblastoma is a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor that begins as a growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord. As...
HOUSTON, TX ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was awarded 16 grants totaling over $25.5 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) in support of cancer screening, early detection and prevention programs, faculty recruitment, and groundbreaking cancer research across all areas of...