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FDA expands use of first sickle cell disease gene therapy for children as young as 2 years

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a supplemental approval for Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) for patients ages 2 and older with either sickle cell disease (SCD) with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) or transfusion-dependent β thalassemia (TDT). Supplement

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Proportion of ED visits for suspected suicide down from 2021 to 2025

From 2021 to 2025, the overall proportion of emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts among all ED visits for any reason decreased, with the largest declines seen among adolescents and females, according to research published in the U.S. Centers for Disease

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Cognitive and physical limitations can affect inhaler use in COPD

Cognitive function, hand dexterity and breathing ability play an important role in helping people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) use their inhalers correctly, according to a new study. The study is published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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Epigenetic mapping provides deeper insight into leukemia

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Kyoto University in Japan have identified new subgroups of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia. The study, published in the journal Nature, shows that changes in the regulation of genes within cells can help explain variation

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Medicare prescriptions for Wegovy jumped after approval for heart disease

Medicare prescriptions for Wegovy increased sharply after the program started covering the anti-obesity medication to prevent heart problems, but just a fraction of beneficiaries likely eligible received the treatment, according to new research published in the American Journal o

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Sexually transmitted diarrhea spreading rapidly among some networks of gay men in the UK,

Variants of sexually transmitted Shigella—a bacterial infection that causes bloody or prolonged diarrhea and can lead to severe dehydration—are causing more disease and becoming increasingly antibiotic-resistant among sections of the U.K.'s LGBTQ+ community, a new Cambridge study

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Low-oxygen treatment helped diseased mice live three times longer. Could humans benefit?

Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite toxic and lead to profound health consequences.

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Eco-friendly spiderweb-inspired pressure sensor for robotic hands may assist patients with

A high-performance biodegradable pressure sensor has been developed as a key technology for wearable AI health care robotics and user-friendly robotic systems.

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Glycoprotein G unlocks genital herpes spread to nerves, revealing vaccine target

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified a key protein that allows the virus that causes genital herpes to get into the nervous system. The discovery, made in experiments on mice, could pave the way for future vaccines against the disease. The study is publishe

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Researchers discover new form of hereditary prostate cancer

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new form of hereditary prostate cancer that, while rare, can cause aggressive disease at a young age. The discovery paves the way for genetic testing programs that could help identify at-risk families and support

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Hidden pocket reveals new way to target prostate cancer's 'undruggable' ERG protein

In the United States, prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related disease and death in men. About half of prostate cancer cases in patients of European ancestry have a gene rearrangement in which the genes TMPRSS2 and ERG are fused together. This causes the ERG protein t

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Genome editing in rats enables more accurate estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer mode

Rat disease models have played an integral role in scientific discovery and cancer research, including Nobel Prize–winning work from Charles Huggins on hormone therapy for prostate cancer in 1966. However, technical challenges in genetic engineering of rat models have limited the

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