Remove Doctors Remove Hospitals Remove Research Remove Therapies
article thumbnail

Researchers design genetic therapy to prevent brain deterioration

Drug Discovery World

A research team at the Francis Crick Institute and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)/UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have identified potential treatments for children with rare genetic conditions. The researchers have shown that problems with calcium underlie these progressive diseases.

Therapies 147
article thumbnail

Combination therapy halts lung cancer tumour growth in mice

Drug Discovery World

The discovery was made by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Grenoble Alpes University in Grenoble in France, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. A pathway to better therapies. One of the challenges we will face is convincing doctors to go back to an old drug.

Therapies 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sloane’s Journey with ASO Therapy

KIF1A

She is scheduled to be the 2nd patient in the world to receive ASO therapy for KAND. March 2023 – We met with n-Lorem and found out Susannah’s ASO (1st KAND patient to receive ASO therapy for KAND) would work for Sloane. March 2024 – The FDA approved the IND, and the administering doctor (Dr. Hello KIF1A Community!

article thumbnail

With retinal images and genetic data, researchers predict cardiovascular, metabolic, and other disease risks

Broad Institute

The study also provides insight into the genes and biological pathways that determine retinal health, which could be leveraged to develop future therapies, the researchers say. Altogether, the team identified 259 genetic loci that were associated with retinal thickness.

Disease 124
article thumbnail

A proactive diabetes review model: from concept to nurse-led research

On Medicine

There are a few (but growing) centers that will proactively see patients with diabetes in high-risk areas when admitted to the hospital, however, by far the most common practice is for patients to only be seen by a specialist team, including for diabetes, on receipt of a referral.

Nurses 52
article thumbnail

Is There a Better Therapy for Hospitalized Anorexia Patients?

The Pharma Data

20, 2020 — It may seem counterintuitive, but when someone with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa is hospitalized, treatment often begins by cutting calories. Now, new research suggests that those eating restrictions can be safely relaxed in the hospital. That led to shorter hospital stays, the study found.

article thumbnail

Women in STEM with Gilda Ascione

Drug Target Review

Since I was a child, I always wanted to be a doctor. From a human point of view, I have always considered doctors’ work as a sort of mission for the good of others. Being a doctor means giving courage and hope day in, day out to those experiencing illness.

Doctors 64