San Francisco, CA – Researchers can accurately track where typhoid fever cases are highest by monitoring environmental samples for viruses called bacteriophages that specifically infect the bacterium that causes typhoid fever. Senjuti Saha of the Child Health Research Foundation in Bangladesh and colleagues report these findings in a new study...
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SEATTLE and ORLANDO, Fla. — Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN) announced today the presentation of encouraging Phase 1 safety and efficacy results following administration of low doses of TRU-016 in heavily pre-treated patients with high-risk genomic factors and relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). TRU-016 is the Company’s proprietary...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sobi® (STO: SOBI), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to delivering innovative treatments for patients with rare diseases, and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Tryngolza® (olezarsen) has been approved in the European Union (EU) as an adjunct to diet in adult patients for the treatment of genetically...
Stockholm, Sweden – Sobi® (STO: SOBI) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion of TRYNGOLZA® (olezarsen) as an adjunct to diet in adult patients for the treatment of genetically confirmed familial...
KELOWNA, Canada – Tryp Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing intravenous-infused psilocin (the active metabolite of psilocybin) for diseases with high unmet medical needs, is pleased to announce that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2a clinical trial being conducted by the University of...
Researchers at Tulane University, in collaboration with Corgenix Medical Corporation, a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, have received a five-year $7.07 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for continued development of detection kits for Lassa viral hemorrhagic fever, a serious disease spread by contact...
New Orleans, Louisiana – Researchers at Tulane University have identified a potential new way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly and currently incurable lung disease that affects more than 3 million people worldwide. IPF is rapidly progressive and causes scarring in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe....
Munich, Germany – Tumors actively prevent the formation of immune responses by so-called cytotoxic T cells, which are essential in combating cancer. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Hospital have now uncovered for the first time how this exactly happens. The study in...
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...