TORONTO – As his favourite team and hockey idol played Game 7 on Monday night, five-year-old Deccan Gill was watching and maybe even picking up a thing or two to add to his own repertoire. Deccan, known has “Super Deccan” to his more than 3,000 Instagram followers, routinely posts videos of...
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LEUVEN, Belgium, STRASBOURG, France, and PHILADELPHIA — Flamingo Therapeutics (“Flamingo”) today announced the appointment of Andrew E. Denker, MD, PhD., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Denker is a physician-scientist with over two decades of biotech and pharmaceutical industry experience in clinical development across multiple modalities and therapeutic areas, including oncology...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A best practices program developed at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) has been shown to improve outcomes for adult patients prescribed selinexor for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Results obtained from a one-year retrospective observational study using data collected by FCS’ Real-World...
Margaret Flynn is still waiting for a lung transplant. Now, the Ladysmith resident has been on the current waiting list longer than anyone else. “It’s a rare match,” said Flynn, who has O negative blood as well as certain anti bodies in the blood, making her difficult to match to...
A 31-year-old man from Bratton has organised his first event as part of a five-year campaign to help a specialist school raise £2.4m for a hydro swimming pool and early learning centre. Radek Evans, 31, from Carpenters Lane,who has previously raised money for Hope Nature Centre in Southwick, and Dorothy...
Chicago — The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) is proud to launch the Stand Up for Sarc Campaign this April as part of National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month. Sarcoidosis (pronounced SAR-COY-DOE-SIS) is considered a rare, inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of granulomas—tiny clumps of inflammatory cells—in one or more organs...
CHICAGO, Ill. — The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) is honored to host its inaugural in-person training of FSR-GSCA Volunteer Patient Leaders from around the United States at Cleveland Clinic, the FSR Global Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance (FSR-GSCA) Founding Member. This inaugural in-person training of FSR-GSCA Volunteer Patient Leaders has been...
MISSOULA — The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage, so they’re asking you to donate if you can. On Wednesday, a blood drive took place to honor a boy whose life was saved, thanks to generous blood donors. Troy Ross was just 3-years old when he was...
FRAMINGHAM — Before he reached puberty, Dick Wyman suffered about 20 broken bones. His daughter, Christine Wyman Rossi, fractured her femur while in her mother’s womb, followed by about 20 more fractures while in her childhood. Wyman’s grandson, Jack, broke two legs when only 4 weeks old. The Wyman family...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Nearly four dozen members of the ASU fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), plan to shave their heads Sunday in support of the Center for Rare Childhood Disorders (the Center) at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope. The “Shave to Save” fundraiser was...