David Fajgenbaum, MD, was a college football player at Georgetown University in 2004 when his mother passed away from cancer. The loss inspired the athlete to become a doctor himself: “I wanted to treat patients in memory of my mom,” he says. But three years into medical school, the then-25-year-old’s...
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It is humbling to know that we are the beneficiaries of those who have gone before us. We stand on the shoulders of those who worked hard for us to benefit from their efforts and discoveries. We need not look further than the name of the disease that touches this...
MOBILE, Ala. — A special story about a three-year-old boy who needs the public’s help. Alijah Cunningham was born with a rare disease that caused him to lose all of his fingers and toes. Now, his parents are on a journey to gift him with what he lost. But you...
ANDERSON — “Every day is so different,” said Amanda Pfeiffer of Anderson. Pfeiffer was referring to her infant son, Kohen, who lives with a condition known as epidermolysis bullosa. “Like right now, he can’t be out in the heat and humidity, because it makes him blister really easily. It’s an...
Little Emma Gardner will have to take daily medication for the rest of her life after being born with a deadly genetic condition. Two-year-old Emma was diagnosed when she was just eight-weeks-old with cystic fibrosis, which affects her breathing and digestive system. Sufferers on average live only until their 30s...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Worldwide Clinical Trials, Inc., (Worldwide) the industry’s leading global, midsized, full-service contract research organization (CRO), announced researchers Anna Gres, Ph.D. and Matthew Confeld, Ph.D., Pharm.D., have been selected for the esteemed Michael F. Murphy Clinical Research Methodology Fellowship Program. Established in 2017, the competitive two-year program...
At night, after Tammy Hruskach tucks her boys in bed, she prays a mother’s prayer for constant protection and guidance — first for Logan, 9; and then for her 7-year-old, Austin. “And God,” she always adds as she brushes the bangs off Austin’s forehead, her hand lingering in one last...
Mountain View, Calif. — Turn Biotechnologies, a cell rejuvenation company developing novel mRNA medicines to cure untreatable, age-related conditions, announced that Anja Krammer, Chief Executive Officer, will present a corporate overview at the Guggenheim Healthcare Talks: Genomic Medicines and Rare Disease Days on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 1 p.m....
New York, NY – Across industry and academia, many people working to discover new treatments have expertise won through years of formal education and benchwork. But there’s also a faster, harsher path to a very particular scientific expertise: a rare disease diagnosis for oneself or a loved one. Consider Sam...
One year ago, an Idaho Falls couple was shocked to hear doctors say their twin boys were dying from a rare disease that eats at the muscle. Friends and family want to make sure that for however long the Devereaux boys live, their lives are full of joy and comfort....