Immunotherapy Toxicity: Pharmacy Practice News ReportMedPage TodayManaging toxicities associated with two new cancer immunotherapies will require a multidisciplinary team, according to experts. The FDA has created a website to provide more immediate up… Continue reading
Nature.comA lethal autoimmune disease succumbs to stem cellsNature.comStem-cell transplants can help people to survive a rare and deadly form of the autoimmune disease scleroderma. Scleroderma causes the skin to harden and become immobile. In its most … Continue reading
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Stem cell transplant for severe scleroderma improves survival, quality of life
National Institutes of Health (press release) New clinical trial findings show that a therapeutic regimen involving transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can improve survival and quality of life for people with severe scleroderma, a life-threatening autoimmune disease. The … Stem Cell Transplant Succeeds in SclerodermaMedPage Today Study shows stem cell transplant is better than drug therapy for sclerodermaEurekAlert (press release) Stem Cell Transplant Shows Promise for Immune Disorder SclerodermaHealthDay MilTech –Island Post Gazette all 8 news articles » |
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Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850K
WPXI Pittsburgh Approved last month, Luxturna, is the nation’s first gene therapy for an inherited disease. It requires a 45-minute operation in which a tiny needle delivers a replacement gene to the retina, tissue at the back of the eye that converts light into … |