During his training in clinical dermatology, Thierry Nordmann encountered several patients with a rare, horrifying condition called toxic epidermal necrolysis, or TEN. Widely considered to be the only ...

The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics. By Andrew Jacobs The Food and Drug Administration has approved two new antibiotics for the treatment of ...

The FDA has issued its stamp of approval to a new, cell-based option to treat Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), marking the first therapy of its kind for the rare disease and making Italy’s Fondazione ...

For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickle-cell disease, and Victoria Gray, a patient ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) is pleased to announce that the FDA has granted its investigational new drug, SPI-1005, Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for the treatment ...

Parkinson's disease affects more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. Early treatment of obstructive sleep apnea -- a condition that causes breathing to briefly pause -- may decrease the risk of ...

Dementia is a leading cause of disability and dependency among seniors globally. It is also the seventh leading cause of death. While the most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases – by reprogramming patients’ out-of-whack immune ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients' out-of-whack immune ...