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Rare & Genetic Diseases
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New AI tools promise to speed up and simplify CRISPR experiments, but their real-world impact is still being tested.
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A new study finds that non-core and non-essential procedures may add significant burden to participants and research sites.
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Greater focus on non-animal testing methods in the UK, a new CRISPR treatment to lower cholesterol, and positive results for a BTK inhibitor in MS led the news this week.
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Radiprodil is in development as the first therapy designed to directly address the underlying biology of GRIN-related neurodevelopmental disorder.
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With the first wave of FDA-approved siRNA drugs under their belt, companies are racing to expand into new tissues and indications.
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After a decade of promise, AAV therapies are now confronting economic, clinical, and regulatory hurdles.
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People with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) must go to great lengths to avoid sun exposure. There have been no approved treatments that address the disease mechanism, but a new drug could change that.
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The HDAC inhibitor givinostat has received regulatory approval in the US, EU, and UK for patients six years and older.
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Promising new therapies for Huntington’s disease and multiple myeloma, the first FDA approval for Barth syndrome, and more led the news this week.
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A gene therapy trial halted after a child’s death, a CRISPR test to detect tuberculosis, a new device for antisense therapies, and more led the news this week.
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AI is making studies more patient-centric, data-driven, and adaptable, ensuring patients can find, join, and stay in the trials that matter most.
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New results from an anti-seizure medication and blood cancer drug, a new AI platform, and a novel heart disease drug led drug discovery this week.
