East Hanover, NJ – This year, New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) granted $135,000 in awards to three Kessler Foundation scientists to support pilot research projects that exhibit promising potential. Foundation researchers will conduct studies that expand research in web-based job interview training for youth on the autism spectrum, upper extremity...
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East Hanover, NJ – A research scientist at Kessler Foundation has been awarded a highly competitive Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This $704,054, five-year grant will support one of...
East Hanover, NJ – Researchers at Kessler Foundation have published a new clinical protocol examining the combination of aerobic exercise and cognitive rehabilitation to improve learning and memory in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have mobility disability. The article, “Rationale and methodology for examining the combination of aerobic exercise...
WINNIPEG — Local medical researchers are optimistic they’ve found the key to unlocking a cure for a rare genetic disorder that affects Hutterite babies. Scientists at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health have discovered that a small change in a gene involved in cell growth,...
Melbourne, Australia – The global rise in obesity and diabetes is leading to an epidemic in fatty liver disease affecting 20-30 per cent of the world’s population. Almost a third of people with fatty liver disease go on to develop an advanced form of the disease, known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KZR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for immune-mediated and oncologic disorders, today announced the appointment of Micki Klearman, M.D. to its Board of Directors. “Micki’s addition to the board is instrumental as we continue to evaluate the...
NIJMEGEN, Netherlands — Khondrion, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing therapies targeting primary mitochondrial diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office have granted patents covering the use of Khondrion’s lead compound sonlicromanol as an [mPGES-1 inhibiting] anti-inflammatory agent. Sonlicromanol...
For more than two years, Tobey Miller hasn’t been able to read her baby bedtime stories and kiss him good night. The only home he has ever known has been a room at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, more than two hours away from her. A rare kidney disease —...
Osaka, Japan – Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare immune-mediated peripheral neuropathy that can cause permanent disability and even death and be quite severe to manage. In this acute disorder, which typically triggers after a respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infection, the body’s immune system attacks its own peripheral nerves, damaging the...
ESCONDIDO — A five-year-old kindergarten student at Pioneer Elementary School is recovering from pertussis, or whooping cough, health officials said Tuesday. The child developed the bacterial disease even after receiving the recommended five-part course of vaccinations, officials said. County Public Heath Officer Wilma Wooten explained that while the whooping cough...