CHICAGO — Ten people with type 1 diabetes, who had recurrent severe hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic unawareness, have remained insulin-independent for over a year following allogeneic stem cell-derived islet-cell therapy with immunosuppression, according to new phase 1/2 data from the multicenter FORWARD study sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The insulin-producing therapy VX-880,Continue Reading
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TOPLINE: In patients with cirrhosis and acute fundal variceal bleeding, the use of preemptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (p-TIPS) with a covered stent within 72 hours of initial bleeding resulted in superior outcomes, with a higher probability of patients being free of death or rebleeding at 1 year than thoseContinue Reading
Credit: CC0 Public Domain During puberty, all kinds of hormonal changes take place in the body, which lead to the development of external sexual characteristics, such as breast growth, a lower voice or body hair growth. For transgender young people who do not identify with the gender assigned to themContinue Reading
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(Reuters) -Eli Lilly will ship the two highest doses of its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound to cash-paying customers on its website starting early August, the U.S. drugmaker said on Monday. With the addition of the 12.5 milligrams and 15 mg doses, all approved doses of Zepbound will be available onContinue Reading
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TOPLINE: Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) microscopy showed a 15.5% positivity rate in pediatric patients and changed the clinical diagnosis in 16.7% of those cases. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective review of DIF data from 986 patients aged 0-18 years (mean age, 12 years) at the Mayo Clinic’s reference immunodermatology laboratory betweenContinue Reading
Credit: Wellness Gallery Catalyst Foundation from Pexels If you were to ask most people what causes cancer, the answer would probably be smoking, alcohol, the sun, hair dye or some other avoidable element. But the most important risk factor for cancer is something else: aging. That’s right, the factor mostContinue Reading
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