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Jun 19, 2019

The era, we are living in has experienced many advancements in the healthcare system. Curative, and life-changing gene therapies have started to promise a future free of prolonged illness, possessing an ability to treat, cure or ease the life-draining diseases. In a major event, the approval of the other gene t...

Jun 20, 2019

Hernia Awareness Month Hernia Awareness Month is observed every year in June to raise public awareness about hernias and effective treatment. The aim is to increase the public knowledge of the warning signs and latest treatment options available for hernias. A hernia occurs when there is a weakness in the wal...

Jun 21, 2019

Scoliosis Scoliosis Awareness Month takes place every year in June with the aim to highlight the need for education, early detection and awareness to the public about scoliosis and its prevalence within the community. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spu...

Jun 19, 2019

World Sickle Cell Day World Sickle Cell Day is observed on 19 June every year to promote public awareness regarding sickle cell disease and its treatment methods. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited genetic abnormality of haemoglobin. This causes stuck in small blood vessels, which can decrease blood flow ...

Jun 18, 2019

Bluebird declares the price of its gene therapy- Zynteglo Bluebird Bio has set the price of its gene therapy Zynteglo at USD 1.8 million. Zynteglo, so far, has only been approved for treating rare blood disorders in the Europe Union. The full price of Zynteglo can be dispersed out for five years, at approx...

Sep 30, 2024

An orphan disease is any disease that affects only a small percentage of the population. As many as 7,000 rare diseases affect human life. The total number of Americans living with a rare disease is estimated at between 25 and 30 million. In the EU, rare disease patients comprise 6% to 8 % of the population. One...

Jun 14, 2019

World Blood Donor Day 14 June is observed and celebrated as World Blood Donor Day around the world. It is for raising awareness for donating blood who are in need and express gratitude towards voluntary, and unpaid blood donors for saving others’ lives. Let us all come forward and save lives!

Sep 30, 2024

Pompe disease, an inherited rare disease, is often fatal and incapacitates the heart and skeletal muscles. The absence of an essential protein due to the mutation in a gene encoding GAA, leads to a complex buildup of sugar, hence, damaging the heart, liver, and other organs. The mutated gene hampers the lysosomal-m...

Jun 13, 2019

Telegenomics Company Genome Medical nets USD 23 M Genome Medical, a telegenomics company, having expertise in delivering genome-based medicine has raised USD 23 Million in series B funding.  The proceeds will be used by the company to accelerate the development of its technology and medical services to supp...

Jun 12, 2019

The study published in The New England Journal of Medicine set out to study the effect of the drug teplizumab in people at high risk for type 1 diabetes. According to recent Phase II clinical trials, in experimental immunotherapy conducted, the drug has been able to delay the onset of disease for the first tim...