UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For some people, extreme stressors like psychiatric disorders or childhood neglect and abuse can lead to a range of health problems later in life, including depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State Center for Healthy Aging identified genetic indicators that...
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London, UK – More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified in a worldwide study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in Nature Genetics, found more than 50 new genetic loci (a locus is a specific position on a chromosome) and 205 novel genes that are...
ENIGMA-TRS 1 is an international, one-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study in at least 600 patients; enrollment to start imminently; 12-week study results expected in Q4 2026 ENIGMA-TRS 2, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is a US-based and international, 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study in at...
MILAN, Italy — Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for patients with diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, today announced the completion of patient enrollment in study 008A, its potentially pivotal study with evenamide in patients suffering from schizophrenia. Study 008A...
Los Angeles — Nexcella, Inc., a subsidiary of Immix Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMMX) (“ImmixBio”, “Company”, “We” or “Us”) announced that NXC-201 treatment continues to demonstrate 100% complete hematologic responses and 100% organ response rate – cardiac, renal, liver response – in a total of 8 AL amyloidosis patients (an additional...
PHILADELPHIA, PA – A next-generation “armored” CAR T cell therapy showed promising results in a small study of patients whose B-cell lymphomas continued to resist multiple rounds of other cancer treatments, including commercially available CAR T cell therapies. The new therapy diminished cancer in 81 percent of patients and resulted...
NICE’s draft guidance published on 8 March 2021 recommends £1.79 million treatment Zolgensma (also called onasemnogene abeparvovec and made by Novartis Gene Therapies) for babies aged up to 12 months with type 1 SMA, This is one of the severest forms of the inherited condition and the life-expectancy of people with...
The British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Chiesi’s Elfabrio® (pegunigalsidase alfa) for Fabry disease (alpha-galactosidase deficiency) in adults. A new Fabry disease treatment The agreement made in the NICE’s Final Draft Guidance means there is now a “new treatment option for people living with Fabry...
DETROIT, Michigan – A Wayne State University College of Engineering professor has received a $2.65 million award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel filtration platform to improve an advanced drug delivery device to optimize diabetes...
North Bethesda, Maryland – A trial of a new drug regimen to treat tuberculous meningitis (TBM) has started enrolling adults and adolescents in several countries where tuberculosis (TB) is prevalent. The Improved Management with Antimicrobial Agents Isoniazid Rifampicin Linezolid for TBM (IMAGINE-TBM) trial will compare a six-month regimen of four...