CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that findings from its Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety and pharmacologic profile of apitemograb in healthy volunteers were published in the...
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LOS ANGELES – Science 37, the industry leader in decentralized clinical trials, announced today a partnership with Xperiome, a global rare disease healthtech company. The partnership further strengthens Science 37’s capabilities to bring research directly to patients, both by easing the patient burden and enabling treating physicians the opportunity to...
Swindon, UK – Researchers have shown for the first time that a crucial interface in a protein that drives cancer growth could act as a target for more effective treatments. The study was led by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Central Laser Facility (CLF) and used advanced laser...
BOSTON, Mass.c – In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) showed that a simple skin biopsy test detects an abnormal form of alpha-synuclein, the pathological hallmark of Parkinson’s disease and the subgroup of neurodegenerative disorders known...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its effects on the brain health of aging veterans. A new study by scientists at...
Boca Raton, FL – Extracted from the core of sandalwood trees (santalum album tree), sandalwood oil has been used for many centuries by several cultures throughout the world for perfume, soaps, incense and candles. With its earthy sweet scent, this essential oil also is used in the food industry and...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — In recent years, technologies that allow scientists to study a person’s DNA at single-molecule resolution have vastly expanded our knowledge of the human genome, the microbiome, and the genetic basis of disease. With such a detailed view of DNA, it’s possible to see genetic variants and...
AMES, Iowa – Ravindra Singh has spent years studying a gene that when missing or mutated causes spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a deadly disease that’s among the most common genetic disorders in children. His team’s latest work will make the search for treatments even more effective in the years to...
London, UK – Scientists have used breast cancer cells’ weakness against themselves by linking a tumour-selective antibody with a cell-killing drug to destroy hard-to-treat tumours. The research, published today in Clinical Cancer Research by a team from King’s College London and funded by Breast Cancer Now, marks a new method...
Bethesda, Maryland – A research project supported by the National Institutes of Health has developed a tool to rapidly and inexpensively diagnose sarcoidosis, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by the growth of tiny lumps called granulomas in the lungs and other organs in the body. The tool, which uses a...