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Early diagnosis leads to a better life for people living with a rare disease. Newborn screening is a way to provide this: families are able to plan better for their child's care and treatment, and make informed decisions about future pregnancies.

FibroFlutters A better life with a rare disease: harmonising approaches to Newborn Screening

Ella Balasa says she owes her life to the experimental phage therapy she was able access in no small part thanks to her scientific background. Her mission, she told pharmaphorum, is to ensure everyone has the knowledge and power they need to…

A new study shows that intense immunosuppression followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may prevent disability associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) from getting worse in 71% of people with relapsing-remitting MS for up to 10 years…

NHS Blood and Transplant is restarting COVID convalescent plasma donations, after discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care. Donations were paused on Friday following interim analysis from the RECOVERY and REMAP-CAP trials which…

NHS England

NHS England Specialised Commissioning is recruiting PPV members to its Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs). CRGs bring together groups of clinicians, commissioners, public health experts, patients and carers. They use their specific knowledge and…

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers have discovered that the protein BMP5/7 offers promising therapeutics that could slow down or halt the progression of Parkinson's disease. The findings were published in the clinical neurology journal…

A cancerous mole is the most common sign of melanoma of the skin. This is a type of skin cancer. A cancerous mole is typically a new mole or an existing mole that has undergone certain changes. Although not every new or changing mole is cancerous…

In Australia and around the world, research is showing changes in body weight, cooking, eating and drinking patterns associated with COVID lockdowns. Some changes have been positive, such as people cooking at home more, and eating more vegetables.