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03/04/2025

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27/02/2025

https://thasso.com/uneven-burden-of-cardiac-amyloidosis-in-people-of-african-descent/

December 30, 2024 - Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (TTR-CA) is now increasingly becoming recognized as an important cause of heart failure, and some studies have shown that as much as a third of diastolic heart failure could be attributed to TTR-CA. Black populations are particularly at risk for....

27/02/2025

https://thasso.com/decode-cause-of-aggressive-breast-cancer-in-women-of-color/

December 26, 2024 - Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, with 297,790 estimated new cases in the United States in 2023. The relatively high 5-year overall survival of 90.8% indicates that the disease is curable. The advanced stage at the diagnosis and limited access to treatment....

22/04/2024

Terrible.

April 14, 2024 - There have recently been several media publications along the lines like "Mom with 'one-of-a-kind' disease that causes tumors to grow over whole body terrified of dying alone" referring to a female patients out from the Jamaicas suffering from an extreme phenotypic form of the rare....

28/03/2024

How about Lyrica (Pregabalin)

March 27, 2024 - Lyrica (Pregabalin) is a drug from the group of gabapentinoids and is an anticonvulsant active ingredient. It has been approved throughout the EU since 2004 for the treatment of neuropathic pain, epilepsy and generalized anxiety disorder. There are now worrying reports of patient de...

17/03/2024

What do you think?

March 15, 2024 - On the occasion of International Rare Disease Day on February 28, the Swiss Foundation for People with Rare Diseases drew attention to the current challenges and needs of those affected. In Europe, a disease is considered rare if it affects no more than 5 out of 10,000 people. Each....

15/03/2024

Maladies rares.

15 mars 2024 - À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des maladies rares, le 28 février, la Fondation suisse pour les personnes atteintes de maladies rares a attiré l'attention sur les défis et les besoins actuels des personnes touchées. En Europe, une maladie est considérée comme rare si...

07/03/2024

21 July 2022 - Blockchain is a digital technology that allows a secure and decentralized record of transactions that is increasingly used for everything from cryptocurrencies to artwork. But blockchain also is entering or is increasingly used in any environment, were individual information is arisin...

11/02/2024

Neglected disease. Catastrophic for the affected.

February 10, 2024 - Noma is a disease that many people prefer to ignore. The sight of the affected small children is unbearable. There are open wounds on the face. Entire cheek areas appear as if eaten away. Children who survive an illness are left disfigured for life and struggle with speech proble...

31/01/2024

January 28, 2024 - Fungal infections are becoming more and more dangerous for us; Mushrooms are not only found on our plates, but practically everywhere around us. They are often harmless to us humans, but if an infection occurs, it can have serious consequences, as a new study shows. The COVID-19 p...

07/01/2024

6 janvier 2024 – 23andMe est une société de génomique personnelle du sud de San Francisco. Elle est surtout connue pour fournir un service de tests génétiques directement au consommateur (DTC) dans lequel les clients fournissent un échantillon de salive analysé en laboratoire, en utilisant ...

06/01/2024

03 January 2024 - 23andMe is a personal genomics company out of South San Francisco, It is best known for providing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that is laboratory analysed, using single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping to generate r...