LAS VEGAS — Muscular dystrophies encompass a range of muscle disorders resulting from genetic mutations. Over time, these conditions lead to muscle weakness, which hinders everyday activities. Muscular dystrophy takes various forms, each targeting specific muscle groups and manifesting at different ages with varying degrees of severity. It can either...
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Bath, England – When you’re an autistic teenager living with chronic pain, getting treatment for your pain can be a challenging experience. That’s according to a group of young people who’ve spoken to Dr. Abbie Jordan of the Department of Psychology and Centre for Pain Research at The University of...
The foundation End AxD, a nonprofit dedicated to research, treatment and a cure for Alexander disease, has donated $74,000 to UMass Chan Medical School to explore a gene therapy treatment for the fatal neurological disease. The funding will go to Jun Xie, PhD, associate professor of microbiology & physiological systems,...
New York, NY – Endometrial cancer — which develops in the lining of the uterus (womb) and is sometimes called uterine cancer — is on the rise in the U.S. In 1987, there were 35,000 cases annually. That number has nearly doubled in 2023 to more than 66,000 cases. Deaths from...
DURHAM, N.C. — A team of physicians, neuroscientists and engineers at Duke University has demonstrated two new strategies that use deep brain stimulation to improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. By simultaneously targeting two key brain structures and using a novel self-adjusting device, the team showed that they can efficiently...
Cambridge, UK – For the first time, the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite have been mapped in high resolution, allowing researchers to understand this ever-adapting adversary in more detail than previously possible. The study, published today (2 May) in Science, details the critical developmental stages of the...
Chapel Hill, NC – Throughout the day and night, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulses through small fluid-filled channels surrounding blood vessels in the brain, called perivascular spaces, to flush out neuroinflammation and other neurological waste. A disruption to this vital process can lead to neurological dysfunction, cognitive decline, or developmental delays....
PARIS, France — Enterome, a clinical-stage company developing first-in-class immunomodulatory drugs for solid and liquid malignancies and inflammatory diseases based on its unique Mimicry platform, today announced database lock of its Phase 2 study of EO2401, in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) +/- an anti-VEGF therapy (bevacizumab), for...
Investigational drugs that inhibit enzymes involved in protein production partially normalize the maturation of brain cells derived from boys and men with fragile X syndrome, according to a new study. The drugs could one day help treat problems linked with the syndrome, says Randi Hagerman, professor of pediatrics at the University of California,...
HOUSTON –– An overactive enzyme is behind a leaky calcium channel that plays a role in the development of atrial fibrillation, which is the most common cardiac arrhythmia that is responsible for a third of all strokes. However, it doesn’t act alone, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. The...