Georgia Uphill is four years old but has the mental age of an 18-month-old. She does not speak and needs help to walk. She hyperventilates and easily becomes anxious. Georgia, who lives in St Thomas, Exeter, with her mum Katie, dad Ben and seven-year-old brother William, has Rett Syndrome. She...
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London, UK – Research led by Claudia Cooper, Professor of Psychological Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, shows that a new therapy, NIDUS-Family, helps people with dementia and their family carers attain their personal goals. The NIDUS-family package of care and support focuses on practical changes people can make, with sessions designed around the specific priorities of the...
Montreal, Canada – In Quebec, it is estimated that more than 500,000 people suffer from a rare disease, which is defined as a disease that affects less than one in every 2,000 citizens. Too often, affected patients and their families are left in the dark when it comes to finding...
Three brothers who have been struck down by a rare disease will have to plead their case for life-saving drugs. Daniel Mathieson, 19, and brothers John, 18, and James, 16, have been told they will be lucky to live beyond their 20th birthdays. They already have to use wheelchairs and...
* Nermeen Varawalla, MD, PhD, MBA appointed Chief Medical Officer, replacing Gilles Della Corte, MD * Jeremy Meinen promoted to Chief Accounting Officer * Marco Marotta promoted to Chief Business Officer Geneva, Switzerland – RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holding SA (SIX: RLF, OTCQB: RLFTF, RLFTY) (“Relief”), a biopharmaceutical company seeking to provide...
Steve Warren, a giant in the field of human genetics, died in June at age 67. In the realm of autism research, he may be best known for having co-discovered the gene FMR1, mutations in which cause fragile X syndrome, a leading inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism. Before the human...
PHILADELPHIA – Renovacor, Inc. (NYSE: RCOR), an early-stage biotechnology company developing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for devastating cardiovascular and central nervous system diseases resulting from BAG3 gene variants, today announced the appointment of Jordan Shin, M.D., Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development and Translational Science. “We are excited to...
Los Angeles, CA – Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to identify novel cancer biomarkers and develop AI that can detect and predict aggressive prostate cancer to help avoid unnecessary treatments and their associated negative...
Mention of valley fever is liable to touch off quizzical looks or bad jokes, but to those who have it or are close to someone with it, it is no laughing matter. Life for Lake Elsinore resident Araceli Jimenez underwent a drastic change after her husband came down with the...
HEBER CITY, Utah (ABC-4 Sports) – Just eight months ago, Jade Hafen wasn’t sure if he would be able to walk again. After competing in a calf roping event, Hafen collapsed, unable to move his legs. He was eventually diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a dehabilitating nerve disorder in which the...