For UMass Medical School researcher Jae-Hyuck Shim, PhD, seeing the strength of families who have a child with a rare, crippling disease motivates him to develop a gene therapy that will help afflicted children retain mobility and be free from debilitating pain. He is also spurred by his own experience...
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Kim Morey knows everyone in town. It’s only natural — she’s lived in Bentonville all but her first year of life. Her friends tease that a lunch date doesn’t pass without Morey seeing a face she recognizes. But in those short, nice-to-see-you conversations, old friends probably can’t make out what’s...
Grateful parents are putting the national spotlight on a school for helping their daughter cope with a rare condition. James and Kerry Satelle have nominated Ysgol Glan Gele reception class teacher Laura Martin for the Welsh Teacher of the Year award for the work she did in allowing leukodystrophy sufferer...
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Beyond Celiac, the leading catalyst for a cure for celiac disease, today announces the creation of Beyond Celiac Investments (BCI), an investment program to accelerate the development of treatments and a cure for celiac disease by leveraging the speed and scale of venture capital and capital markets....
A dundee schoolgirl due to have a life-changing operation will be surfing the world wide web from her hospital bed, thanks to some bingo players. Monique Murphy (9), who has a rare form of dwarfism, is due to have a nine-hour operation in September in an attempt to straighten bones...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – bioAffinity Technologies, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the need for noninvasive, accurate tests for the detection of early-stage cancer and lung disease, today announced the expansion of its partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to raise funding for ACS’ Lung Quality Improvement (QI) initiative...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCRX) today announced that the company has appointed regulatory expert and former deputy center director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE), Amy McKee, M.D., to its board of directors. Dr. McKee currently serves as vice president of...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCRX) today announced that the company has appointed Helen Thackray, M.D., FAAP, to the newly created position of chief research and development officer. In this role, Dr. Thackray will be responsible for continuing to build the company’s portfolio of rare disease medicines by...
Cambridge, Mass. — Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced the appointment of Chuck Triano as Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations effective 10 April 2023. Mr. Triano will report to Michael McDonnell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “Chuck will bring invaluable industry insights and a strong network of...
MIAMI – Biorasi, a leading global full-service contract research organization (CRO), has announced the appointment of Jimmy El Hokayem, Ph.D., head of the company’s Neurology and Regenerative Medicine Center of Excellence to the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST). In this role, Dr. El Hokayem...