ROCKVILLE, Md. — Theriva™ Biologics (NYSE American: TOVX), a diversified clinical-stage company developing therapeutics designed to treat cancer and related diseases in areas of high unmet need, today announced that the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) recommended the continuation of enrollment as planned into VIRAGE, a multinational, Phase 2b, randomized,...
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For 13 consecutive years a select group of students has been solving math problems, diagramming sentences and completing science experiments — without missing a single day of school. That’s roughly 2,340 school days in a row without being marked absent. No skipping to go to a Rangers game. No fake...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — For those who are disabled, a wheelchair ramp can make all the difference when it comes to convenience. But for an east Bakersfield boy, that difference has been stolen. Jonathan Albiar, 12, and his parents said the thief has stolen more than just property; they’ve stolen compassion....
SAN ANTONIO, TX — A ribbon of brain tissue called cortical gray matter grows thinner in people who go on to develop dementia, and this appears to be an accurate biomarker of the disease five to 10 years before symptoms appear, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center...
LANCASTER, Pa. — On October 27, 2023, the third International Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) Conference will be hosted by The Speak Foundation at the Grand Hyatt Washington, DC. The inaugural International LGMD conference was held in Chicago in 2019 and over 400 patients, caregivers, physicians, researchers and advocacy groups...
Wellington, New Zealand – The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in collaboration with Wellington Zhaotai Therapies Limited today announced results of its phase 1 dose escalation trial of a new third generation anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy was presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting...
David Fajgenbaum, MD, was a college football player at Georgetown University in 2004 when his mother passed away from cancer. The loss inspired the athlete to become a doctor himself: “I wanted to treat patients in memory of my mom,” he says. But three years into medical school, the then-25-year-old’s...
It is humbling to know that we are the beneficiaries of those who have gone before us. We stand on the shoulders of those who worked hard for us to benefit from their efforts and discoveries. We need not look further than the name of the disease that touches this...
ATLANTA — The first-ever national estimate among a nationally representative sample of U.S. children revealed that 3 out of every 1,000 children between the age of 6 and 17 in the United States have been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome (TS), according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control...
MOBILE, Ala. — A special story about a three-year-old boy who needs the public’s help. Alijah Cunningham was born with a rare disease that caused him to lose all of his fingers and toes. Now, his parents are on a journey to gift him with what he lost. But you...