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Innovative therapy treats fatal skin disease

Gege Li

Nov 111 min read

Innovative therapy treats fatal skin disease

A patient with a life-threatening skin disease has been successfully treated following research that combined the use of mice, artificial...

Animal use in rare disease research – EARA feature

Gege Li

Jun 171 min read

Animal use in rare disease research – EARA feature

EARA has published its latest feature on how animal research is used in the study of disease – this time, rare diseases, which have been...

US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease

Nuno Gonçalves

May 71 min read

US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease

Research at Stanford University, California, is making progress to understand a rare genetic brain disease and develop potential...

Covid-19 vaccine technology to treat rare disease

Gege Li

Mar 131 min read

Covid-19 vaccine technology to treat rare disease

A therapy, based on the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, has successfully corrected a rare liver disease...

Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease

Gege Li

Feb 121 min read

Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease

Researchers in Germany, using gene editing, have corrected an exaggerated immune response that is a key feature of a rare childhood...

Treatment for rare children’s disorder progress

Gege Li

Nov 6, 20231 min read

Treatment for rare children’s disorder progress

After successful studies in mice, of a rare genetic disorder that affects children, UK scientists are ready to begin human trials of a...

Zebrafish insights into rare disease linked to cancer

Bob Tolliday

Jul 10, 20231 min read

Zebrafish insights into rare disease linked to cancer

UK researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a rare genetic bone marrow disorder linked to blood cancers. GATA2 deficiency is...

Gege Li

Oct 24, 20221 min read

Male hormone helps fight rare cancer

Male mice appear to be better at fighting diseases, such as adrenal cancer, than female mice, according to a study by French scientists....

Gege Li

Oct 17, 20221 min read

Fruit fly study of rare bone cancer

Scientists in Spain have found a new research method to study a rare, but often fatal bone cancer affecting children and young adults....

Maria Vlastara

Sep 5, 20221 min read

New treatment for rare brain disease

A study, on mice and patient brain tissues, sheds light on a rare disease and suggests a treatment based on routinely used blood-thinning...

Insights into how a rare disease develops

Bob Tolliday

Aug 29, 20221 min read

Insights into how a rare disease develops

Using studies in mice and patients, researchers have discovered what triggers a rare, severe autoimmune disease. ANCA-associated...

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