The little-known disease that drains a third of southeast Asia’s blood supplies
Needles and tubes no longer faze Puttinant Rungsunlohakul, nor do bags of deep red blood. For most of his life, the ...
What is babesiosis? The potentially deadly disease is on the rise
Rates of babesiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne disease sometimes referred to as “American malaria,” increased an average ...
Cardiovascular Disease: What Women Need to Know
Cardiovascular disease, sometimes abbreviated as CVD, is the leading cause of death worldwide. It’s a catchall term for heart ...
Report gives update on boys with rare brain disease 6 years after gene therapy
Most boys treated with breakthrough gene therapy for a rare but deadly brain illness are faring well six years later, two new ...
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7 children developed blood cancer after Bluebird Bio gene therapy for rare neurological disease
A Bluebird Bio gene therapy has helped children with a devastating neurological disorder, but seven have developed blood ...
U.S. cases of tick-borne babesiosis disease steadily rising
Cases peaked during the summer months, and most occurred in Northeastern states, results showed. Of those diagnosed with ...
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Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Effective, but Comes With Blood Cancer Risk
While the use of elivaldogene autotemcel (eli-cel; Skysona) gene therapy has demonstrated long-term efficacy in patients with ...
A top nutrition scientist had a stroke at 53. He did 2 things to lower his blood pressure — and cutting out salt wasn't one of them.
After the nutrition scientist Tim Spector had a stroke at the age of 53, he changed his diet to lower his blood pressure.
Scientists validate new lab test platform for blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease
University of Pittsburgh scientists have independently validated a new blood test platform that can simultaneously measure ...
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Bluebird bio’s Skysona led to seven cases of blood cancer in gene therapy trials
Whilst the events do not outline any new safety risks, the data gives a new understanding of the link between oncogenesis and ...
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Mayo Clinic now has a blood test for Alzheimer's. Here's how it makes a difference for patients
In the six months that the test has been available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories, demand has exceeded expectations, a lab ...
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Blood test measures known Alzheimer’s biomarkers, many more
A new blood test platform can measure more than a hundred biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease at k the same time, and could aid in early diagnosis, a new study finds.