Five people in the United Kingdom have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) resulting from a medical treatment they received decades earlier, new research shows. Investigators said that they ...

The AAVenger platform has demonstrated superior lung tropism and transduction efficiency of cells in the upper and lower respiratory tract of the lung, rapid and sustained expression of therapeutic ...

Acquired hypothalamic obesity is typically precipitated by hypothalamic insult from tumors, treatment, trauma, stroke, or ...

San Diego startup DTx Pharma, which is developing technology for delivering RNA-based therapies to hard-to-treat diseases, has been acquired by drug giant Novartis for $500 million. Founded in 2017, ...

Early-onset dementia symptoms in five adults may be connected to a now-discontinued human growth hormone medical treatment that they received decades ago as children, a new study suggests. The study, ...

Gene therapy is a revolutionary field in modern medicine, offering transformative potential to treat and potentially cure a wide range of genetic and acquired diseases. By addressing the root cause of ...

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First and only FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity, a rare disease characterized by accelerated and sustained weight gain caused by hypothalamic injury or ...

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare, acquired disease of the blood. Evidence suggests that PNH may increase the chances of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). PNH is characterized ...