Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New study shows promising evidence for sickle cell gene therapy

New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that stem cell gene therapy may offer a promising, curative treatment for the painful, inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease (SCD).

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Novel autoantibodies implicated in pregnancy disorders

A research group has found that novel autoantibodies that had been found to cause thrombosis and other conditions in joint research conducted by Kobe and Osaka universities in 2015, are also implicated in pregnancy disorders, ...

Cardiology

Treating a heart attack before it happens

Imagine getting treatment for a perfectly healthy young heart that would allow it to recover from an otherwise devastating injury decades later.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zika study reveals how infection can cause microcephaly

Prenatal exposure to viruses capable of infecting the fetal brain, particularly in the first trimester, can cause a range of developmental defects in the baby. The Zika epidemic in Brazil during 2015–16 posed an extreme ...

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