pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Whether catching up with relatives, attending a business meeting, or even visiting a doctor, it became commonplace to conduct this type of activity via a screen. Using patients’ genetic data. One of the largest companies in the genetic testing space, 23andMe, is also extremely active in healthcare. Tapping into data.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 16, 2023

That was the case when Thilini Gamage was to carry out one of the studies in her doctoral work with Professor Eirik Frengen at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. They study gene variation and mutations that cause rare genetic diseases. A mutation is a permanent change in the genetic material.

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STAT News

JANUARY 24, 2023

A rare genetic disorder kept her from even lifting her head. Then, months later, doctors delivered gene therapy directly to her brain. When Rylae-Ann Poulin was a year old, she didn’t crawl or babble like other kids her age. Her parents took turns holding her upright at night just so she could breathe comfortably and sleep.

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

To protect this child from the same genetic disease that killed two older siblings, treating her as soon as she was born might only work so well, the doctors knew. So they dialed back the therapeutic clock, delivering the medication to her as a fetus. Now 16 months old, Ayla appears totally healthy.

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STAT News

MARCH 22, 2023

Ashley is at the forefront of a push by researchers to make more genetic information available to patients facing major health care decisions. Faster sequencing for patients with rare and deadly diseases can help their doctors decide which treatments and surgical procedures to try and which ones to avoid in life-or-death situations.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These findings could one day help doctors better select targeted treatments for patients with this immune disorder. Changes in a single gene open the door for harmful gut bacteria to set off the inflammation that drives Crohn's disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

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XTalks

JUNE 12, 2024

It leverages various patient-specific factors, including genetics, age, weight, organ function and even lifestyle, to determine the most appropriate dosage for each individual. Dr. Roy is passionate about leveraging technology to amplify the impact of the pharmacist.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Ivan Cheung, the CEO of Eisai , the lecanemab developer, said at a STAT event Monday night that if patients carry a particular genetic variant that increases the risk of bleeding in the brain when taking the drug, they should only take the medicine if they and their families are willing to submit to close monitoring from doctors.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 26, 2021

Credit: Photo credit: Charlie Ehlert/University of Utah Health In 2012, four-year-old Bertrand Might became the first-ever patient diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called N-glycanase (NGLY1) deficiency. The discovery of this condition and Bertrand’s diagnosis allowed doctors to look for other children with the same genetic defect.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Louis have surveyed cancer doctors to identify differences in physician attitudes and beliefs that may contribute to a gap in referrals to genetic counseling and testing between Black women and white women with breast cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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XTalks

JANUARY 21, 2025

A doctor inserts the catheter through a small incision in a vein in the groin and guides it to the heart. The catheters tip is positioned at various locations within the heart, where the doctor uses a generator to deliver RF energy. The genetic bleeding disorder is caused by the absence of blood clotting factor IX.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 29, 2022

Continuing advancements within this field deliver new hope to doctors and patients, transforming disease outcomes for previously incurable indications. Novozymes has a long legacy of enzyme discovery and the ability to genetically engineer these speciality enzymes to be superior. And it’s within the family – Novozymes!”.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 31, 2022

The research team identified a previously unknown genetic cause of interstitial lung disease, providing answers to the parents and doctors puzzled by […]. Louis has solved the medical mystery of why a 2-year-old child — seemingly healthy at birth — succumbed to an undiagnosed, rare illness.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Doctors, lawyers, celebrities: There's a new cosmetic surgery, of sorts, that has snared them all.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

But less than 12% of 86 NHS care commissioning groups asked by the BBC said they were running such services.

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Scienmag

MARCH 15, 2021

For their study, the team led by bioinformatics professor Andreas Keller and his doctoral student […]. Credit: Oliver Dietze In their study, which is now published in the journal Nature Aging, they show that the level of non-coding RNAs in the blood of a Parkinson’s patient can be used to track the course of the disease.

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Intouch Solutions

JULY 9, 2024

The campaign focuses on the hidden dangers of thalassemia, a rare genetic condition affecting an estimated 8,000 Americans. To address this, our team collaborated with Agios Pharmaceuticals to create an eye-catching campaign that empowers patients and inspires doctors to monitor more closely.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Imagine your doctor calls you to discuss the results of your genetic testing. But not to worry, because they caught it early, you can start a personalized course of treatment tailored to your unique genetic makeup right away. They tell you your results indicate you are highly likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 24, 2021

After about 40 minutes, the doctor came out and delivered the devastating news that they had been unable to restart his heart. “I I had lost my husband five months earlier, and now this doctor was standing there telling me that my son is dead, too,” she said. I was in complete shock. I was in complete shock. Team4Travis.

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STAT News

APRIL 3, 2023

Conner’s doctors expect that this groundbreaking gene therapy, which costs a staggering $3 million a patient, will stave off a fatal degenerative brain disease and save his life. Millions of stem cells that were collected from 6-year-old Conner Hess’s blood in January flowed through the IV and entered his bloodstream.

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World of DTC Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2021

Ex vivo (where cells are genetically modified outside the body) cell and gene therapies have generated considerable excitement on their potential to cure previously incurable diseases. Then there are ever increasing health insurance and hospital costs at a time when less people are going to the doctor’s office because of COVID-19.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The company is best known for its saliva-based health and ancestry DNA testing targeted at consumers, but also uses its genetic database to look for new targets for drug development. The transaction is expected to close before the end of the year.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“The first time I heard the term hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, I was in the doctor’s office in the room getting diagnosed. HCM is a genetic heart condition in which the muscle of the heart thickens, causing it to work harder to pump blood. Through genetic testing, it was revealed that Juanea carries the gene for the heart condition.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As it’s just a messenger molecule, it does not affect the body’s own genetic code when it is injected as a vaccine – but what it does do is instruct cells to code for copies of a certain protein. They are very good doctors, scientists and entrepreneurs. He told pharmaphorum: “They are very good doctors, scientists and entrepreneurs.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 27, 2021

Credit: John Wallace, VCU Massey Cancer Center Doctors are increasingly using genetic signatures to diagnose diseases and determine the best course of care, but using DNA sequencing and other techniques to detect genomic rearrangements remains costly or limited in capabilities.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 4, 2020

What followed was a litany of tests and invasive procedures as doctors tried to get to the bottom of her symptoms. The genetic condition affects different people in different ways, and the symptoms might include seizures, fatigue, vision and hearing loss, cognitive disabilities, respiratory problems, and poor growth.

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Find Me Cure

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

So when the doctor said I had stage 4 bowel cancer, with a small chance of success, I began breaking up inside. Hope due to something called Lynch Syndrome, a genetic condition. My dad died of bowel cancer when I was a baby, and because I was diagnosed with the very same cancer in my 30’s I was offered a genetic test.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Chaired by the Genetic Alliance, the virtual meeting saw representatives from Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland discuss the implementation of the UK Government’s Rare Disease Framework. We now know that 80% of rare diseases have a genetic origin. Genomic technology, therefore, has a key role to play in our work,” he said.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 14, 2021

At the same time, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care excellence (NICE) is developing guidance to help doctors manage the cases of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) and low blood platelet counts that have been seen with the COVID-19 vaccines.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Allison’s son David was just six when he started displaying the symptoms of (R)20, a genetic condition that can cause multiple, uncontrollable seizures, declines in cognition and mobility, and terrifying hallucinations. There are no clinical practice guidelines, meaning doctors treat on a case-by-case basis.

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XTalks

APRIL 6, 2022

If that happens, it is a big setback for patients and the doctors treating them,” said Dr. Rosenfeld in a news release by Cancer Research UK. We’re hoping that this technology could help doctors decide when additional rounds of treatment are needed, and could save lives.”.

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XTalks

MAY 20, 2022

Doctors and physicians rely on the results provided by a clinical scientist to make an accurate prognosis, diagnosis and assessment for a patient’s treatment plan. Interpret medical tests and confer with doctors and physicians for a suitable prognosis and treatment plan. Genetic Science. Respiratory Physiology. Microbiology.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In other cases, rare CNS conditions may be passed on from one generation to the next without knowledge or understanding that the reason for suffering or death among previous generations was genetic in basis and therefore identifiable, and perhaps even treatable. Doctors are often unfamiliar with these conditions.

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XTalks

MAY 26, 2023

DEB is a genetic disorder characterized by very fragile skin that rips and blisters easily even from minor friction (like rubbing or scratching) or injury, resulting in open wounds that are prone to skin infections and fibrosis. Vyjuvek is also the first drug approved to treat the disease and is Krystal’s first approved product.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The vaccine is based on a weakened virus that causes cold symptoms in chimpanzee, which causes an immune respone with genetic material coding for the spike protein found on the surface of the coronavirus.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s likely no coincidence that Pfizer’s flagship project in 2020 while the design of the logo was being finalised was unquestionably its high-profile alliance with BioNTech on the RNA-based coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty, which provided further evidence of the potential of harnessing genetic toolkits to tackle health issues.

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Scienmag

JUNE 29, 2021

Scientists and doctors at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have given hope of a gene therapy cure to children with a rare degenerative brain disorder called Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome (DTDS).

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