Chip Chick on MSN4d
This Rare Disease Causes Your Skin To Become Blue
An 84-year-old man left clinicians at a Hong Kong hospital utterly perplexed after arriving at the hospital to be treated […] ...
'I have one of world's rarest conditions – my skin is so fragile it rips when touched'
Jeremiah Marshall has lived with epidermolysis bullosa since the day he was born and has had to endure teasing at school, ...
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From “mini-organs” to “mini-tumors”, Mayo Clinic finds ways to advance disease treatment
Mayo Clinic's organoids, microscopic versions of organs that function like the real ones, have been used by doctors to study ...
Mum suffering severe bloating died hours after ‘allergic reaction to a routine CT scan’
A MUM suffering severe bloating died after she had a suspected allergic reaction to a CT scan. Yvonne Graham, 66, went into ...
Gene therapy and bone marrow transplant alleviate ultra-rare genetic disease symptoms
In two new papers, researchers from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) report the successful use of two approaches—gene therapy and ...
'People called me an alien at school because of my rare health condition'
Jeremiah Marshall, 33, has epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic disorder that makes his skin tear or blister at the ...
Medical Mysteries: A tiny spot on his nose radically changed his life
An editor in his early 40s thought the tiny numb spot on his nose was innocuous. A year and six doctors later, he learned it ...
Ice boaters get rare chance to fly along the frozen Navesink River in Red Bank
For the first time since 2018, the Navesink River was frozen enough for ice boaters to take their crafts out on the solid ...
Irish Independent on MSN3d
HSE urged to offer leprosy guidance after case in Ireland
Calls have been made for specific guidelines for the public health response to patients with leprosy after a recent case ...
pharmaphorum3d
Rare disease drug from LEO's Timber felled by failed study
Timber's lead candidate TMB-001 for rare skin disease congenital ichthyosis failed to meet its efficacy objectives across the board in the ASCEND trial and will not support a planned regulatory ...
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Boehringer bags first approval for rare skin disease drug
German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim has its first regulatory approval for spesolimab, its antibody therapy for rare and life-threatening ... treat other skin diseases, such as palmoplantar ...