Genome sequencing project finds answers for 25% of rare disease patients in a study
Some patients with a suspected rare genetic disease go without a diagnosis for years or even throughout a lifetime....
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Recent Medical Breakthroughs to See a Change in the World
Research in different areas of therapy for various diseases has led to a wide range of treatments. Various diseases...
How Oncology Research in 2021 Shed Light on Therapy Area?
New research on oncology is creating new knowledge in several areas of therapy. This year is characterized by the...
Management of rare mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – PART 1: MET, ROS1, and ALK
Why do we make a fuss about rare mutations in NSCLC? In 2015, they only made up about 1-2%...
Investigational drug shows early success in the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an often silent but dangerous liver disease that affects an estimated 2% to 5% of...
Using viruses to outsmart antibiotic-resistant bacteria – Phage Therapy
Phage therapy – the treatment of bacterial infections with viruses that attack those bacteria – was used in the...
Daratumumab for AL amyloidosis: promising results in a tough disease
AL amyloidosis causes devastating symptoms and typically carries a poor prognosis, with a high risk of organ damage and...
FDA approves first treatment for congenital athymia
Congenital athymia is a rare condition in which babies are born without a thymus. As a result, the immune...
Management of long-term health in women with PCOS
New research shows the global prevalence of obesity and its contribution to the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)....
How to know the status of acute lymphoblastic leukemia from epigenetic DNA modification?
Hematological cancers were among the first to be discovered to have abnormal demethylation status. Excretion of epigenetic DNA modification...