Opinion: California's Rare Disease Council Will Transform Care for People with ALS
For families affected by this rare, fatal disease, the journey is grueling — not only because of the diagnosis itself but due ...
Cherokee Nation Hosts First Rare Disease Summit to Address Overlooked Health Care Needs
Cherokees deserve help, treatment and hope – especially those who’ve long felt unseen by the health care system due to their ...
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Tulsa Mechanic, Community Rally To Give 21-Year-Old With Rare Disease Gift Of Adventure
In Tulsa, mechanic Matt Parker rallied the community to support 21-year-old Corbin Norcom, who has a fatal disease, by ...
Treatment to preserve sight in children with rare genetic disorder shows promise in clinical trial
A new treatment that could prevent blindness in children with the CLN2 type Batten disease has been trialed by clinicians and ...
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Tulsa man with rare muscle disease is gifted a new car and RV to travel the country
"Within 24 hours, we received $11,000. 38 hours later, it was close to $35,000," said Parker. "I have never in my life seen ...
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FDA rejects Intercept's ask for Ocaliva full nod in rare liver disease, but accelerated approval remains
In the wake of an unfavorable advisory committee meeting in September, Intercept Pharmaceuticals’ bid to win full approval ...
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Elraglusib Gains FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation in Ewing Sarcoma
Elraglusib has been granted rare pediatric disease designation from the FDA for the treatment of patients with Ewing sarcoma.
Gene therapy protects against motor neuron disease in rats
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers targeting a group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have found success ...
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My son’s rare disease was renamed ASMD. Why are people still calling it Niemann-Pick?
Eponyms — diseases named after a person — can cause serious confusion. That is particularly true in one rare disease ...
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Stand Up to Cancer collaborates with Johnson & Johnson to explore targeted therapies for rare disease linked to blood cancers
Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) today announced a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson aimed at supporting research testing a ...
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A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease
Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly tests show. Early results in three children are ”fairly positive.” ...
AskBio Receives FDA Rare Pediatric Disease and Orphan-Drug Designations for AB-1003 for the Treatment of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I/R9
(AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced that AB-1003 (also known as LION-101) has received rare pediatric disease ...