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Louisiana Man’s Functional Cure Offers New Hope for Sickle Cell Disease

FitFound Me — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 11:24:42 +0000

For generations, sickle cell disease has been one of the most difficult inherited blood disorders to manage. It affects millions of people around the world and has long been associated with recurring pain crises, frequent hospital visits, progressive organ damage, and a shorter life expectancy. Although advances in medicine have helped improve symptom management, many …

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New Pancreatic Cancer Drug Delivers Results Researchers Once Thought Were Impossible

Michelle — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:52:58 +0000

For decades, pancreatic cancer has occupied a grim place in medicine. It is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, notoriously difficult to detect early and stubbornly resistant to many treatments that have transformed outcomes in other diseases. Now, researchers believe they may have reached a milestone that extends far beyond pancreatic cancer itself. A …

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Inhalable Gene Therapy for Lung Cancer Moves Closer to Approval Following Promising Early Data

Michelle — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:54:49 +0000

What if treating lung cancer one day felt less like enduring aggressive therapy and more like using a device that supports your breathing. That idea may sound distant, but researchers are now testing a gene therapy that is inhaled directly into the lungs. After early clinical results showed signs of tumor response in patients with …

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