Innovative therapy treats fatal skin disease
A patient with a life-threatening skin disease has been successfully treated following research that combined the use of mice, artificial...
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Gege Li
Jun 171 min read
Animal use in rare disease research – EARA feature
EARA has published its latest feature on how animal research is used in the study of disease – this time, rare diseases, which have been...
Nuno Gonçalves
May 71 min read
US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease
Research at Stanford University, California, is making progress to understand a rare genetic brain disease and develop potential...
Gege Li
Mar 131 min read
Covid-19 vaccine technology to treat rare disease
A therapy, based on the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, has successfully corrected a rare liver disease...
Gege Li
Feb 121 min read
Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease
Researchers in Germany, using gene editing, have corrected an exaggerated immune response that is a key feature of a rare childhood...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Treatment for rare children’s disorder progress
After successful studies in mice, of a rare genetic disorder that affects children, UK scientists are ready to begin human trials of a...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 10, 20231 min read
Zebrafish insights into rare disease linked to cancer
UK researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a rare genetic bone marrow disorder linked to blood cancers. GATA2 deficiency is...
Gege Li
Oct 24, 20221 min read
Male hormone helps fight rare cancer
Male mice appear to be better at fighting diseases, such as adrenal cancer, than female mice, according to a study by French scientists....
Gege Li
Oct 17, 20221 min read
Fruit fly study of rare bone cancer
Scientists in Spain have found a new research method to study a rare, but often fatal bone cancer affecting children and young adults....
Maria Vlastara
Sep 5, 20221 min read
New treatment for rare brain disease
A study, on mice and patient brain tissues, sheds light on a rare disease and suggests a treatment based on routinely used blood-thinning...
Bob Tolliday
Aug 29, 20221 min read
Insights into how a rare disease develops
Using studies in mice and patients, researchers have discovered what triggers a rare, severe autoimmune disease. ANCA-associated...
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