Category Archives: Congenital disorders

Biopharma layoff tracker 2023: Sangamo, Galapagos, Pfizer and more cut staff

2022 saw myriad ups and downs in terms of the economy, and as it ebbed and flowed, so too did the job market. This trend has continued throughout 2023. The year kicked off with mass layoffs in the tech industry, leaving many wondering if the same was in store for the biopharma industry. Fortunately, though […]

Jaguar Health Enters Exclusive Crofelemer Revenue Sharing License and Commercialization Agreement with Quadri Pharmaceuticals Store for Rare Intestinal Failure Diseases in Middle East Markets

Jaguar Health Enters Exclusive Crofelemer Revenue Sharing License and Commercialization Agreement with Quadri Pharmaceuticals Store for Rare Intestinal Failure Diseases in Middle East Markets

Sight loss in working-age people is under-researched

A new study has highlighted a lack of clinical research to address the leading causes of severe sight impairment (SSI) among the working-age UK population, which costs the UK economy an estimated £7.4bn annually. The study, carried out by researchers from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Oxford, examined how clinical studies align with […]

Pediatric Heart Block is Congenital – What do the Doctors have to say about it?

Complete heart block in children is one of the rare conditions. But first, it’s crucial to comprehend the fundamentals of a healthy heart. The muscle contains an electrical circuit with a primary generator called the SA node and a secondary generator called the AV node. Therefore, in a typical situation, an impulse is created in […]

VALUABLE NEW DATASET GIVES INSIGHT INTO LINKS AMONG PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS

PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The NIH Common Fund’s Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First) and the INCLUDE Project (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE), announce the release of a robust, new cross-condition research dataset spanning Down syndrome (DS), leukemia, and heart defects. Kids First […]

Karnataka health department on high alert mode after Zika virus detected in Chikkaballapur | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Karnataka health department is on high alert mode after Zika virus was detected in a mosquito in Chikkaballapur district.The virus was found in a sample taken from Talakayalabetta village in Sidlaghatta Taluk.Zika virus is transmitted by the aedes mosquito. Symptoms of Zika virus infection include rash, fever, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise and […]

A Biologist’s Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of DNA Damage

Fruit flies have a lot in common with humans. Those similarities help Mitch McVey, professor of biology in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and his colleagues unearth clues to better treatments for inherited forms of cancers that become resistant to current therapies. And the similarities also suggest […]