FDA Approves First CRISPR Treatment in U.S.
It was only 11 years ago that scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier first described a new way to edit genes, called CRISPR, in a scientific paper. The discovery is so game-changing that the pair earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for how it could transform the way genetic diseases are treated. Now, on Dec. 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the very first treatment in the country based on the technology.
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In the medical world, that’s lightning speed. “It’s incredible,” says Doudna, professor of chemistry a...
Source: TIME: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Dec 01 2023 This Week in Cardiology Dec 01 2023 This Week in Cardiology
More from AHA including SGLT2 inhibitors, blood transfusion after MI; cracks in the armor of Factor XI inhibitors; and renal denervation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week ’s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Days Before Surgery, Clerical Error Cuts Off Patient's Insurance
(MedPage Today) -- The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room.
The Kentucky resident was diagnosed with severe anemia and given a blood transfusion after her hemoglobin levels... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 26, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
EXCLUSIVE: Woman, 21, needs a life-saving blood transfusion after vaping ONCE caused 'acute chest syndrome'
The woman, who was from India, started to suffer pain in her back and ribs shortly after using the vape. She suffered from sickle cell anemia, which raises the risk of complications with vapes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ReelShorts is the latest Chinese export to conquer America
A “Never Divorce a Secret Billionaire Heiress” dives head first into a seedy melee of passion and betrayal. Within the first 30 seconds of the micro-series, which consists of 55 two-minute episodes, a woman named Joyce is forced to give her husband’s lover a blood transfusion in order to save the…#reelshort #beijing #californian #crazymaplestudio #tiktok #apple #americanappstore #sensortower #western #chapters (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Canada lifts lengthy mad cow-related blood donation ban nationwide
Canadian Blood Services says research clearly shows there is now virtually no risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through new blood transfusions. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
CRISPR Therapy Gets U.K. Approval, the First in the World
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.
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In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020.
The agency approved the treatment for patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia who are 12 years old and over. Casgevy is made by Vertex ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARIA CHENG / AP Tags: Uncategorized Drugs wire Source Type: news
Roche launches automated serology hepatitis E virus tests, including a test to detect acute HEV infections, recommended in the new WHO 2023 Essential Diagnostics List
It is estimated that one third of the global population could be at risk for infection with Hepatitis E virus.1The new tests allow clinicians to diagnose acute and chronic infections amongst patients presenting with or without signs of the illness as recommended by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).2The tests complete Roche ’s panel used for the differential diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis A, B, C and E viruses.Basel, 16 November 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the Elecsys ®Anti-HEV IgM and Elecsys Anti-HEV IgG immunoassays for t...
Source: Roche Investor Update - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche launches automated serology hepatitis E virus tests, including a test to detect acute HEV infections, recommended in the new WHO 2023 Essential Diagnostics List
It is estimated that one third of the global population could be at risk for infection with Hepatitis E virus.1The new tests allow clinicians to diagnose acute and chronic infections amongst patients presenting with or without signs of the illness as recommended by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).2The tests complete Roche ’s panel used for the differential diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis A, B, C and E viruses.Basel, 16 November 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the Elecsys ®Anti-HEV IgM and Elecsys Anti-HEV IgG immunoassays for t...
Source: Roche Media News - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Trial Shows Utility of Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes Trial Shows Utility of Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes
A large Canadian clinical trial has found that using small-volume tubes to collect blood samples for laboratory testing of ICU patients can reduce blood transfusions without affecting lab results.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Africa: Experts Step Up Efforts to Tackle Diabetes Trends in the African Region
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- In June 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emmanuella Selasi Hormenoo, an 18-year-old Ghanian university student, was teetering on the brink of death. "The doctors initially thought that I might have COVID-19, but when they did the tests, they were always negative. During one of the blood transfusions I had to have, I went into cardiac arrest, and slipped into yet another coma." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 15, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Transfusion Thresholds Square Off in Acute Myocardial Infarction
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- For acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients with anemia, being more liberal with blood transfusion thresholds didn't significantly impact risk of recurrent heart attack or death in the MINT trial, although... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Does a blood transfusion pass on the donor's personality, too?
Organ transplants and blood transfusions are undoubtedly lifesavers. But now some scientists are starting to ask whether something unexpected may be transmitted at the same time. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tunisia: Gaza Aggression - Health Minister Visits National Blood Transfusion Centre Ahead of Donation Campaign
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Health Minister Ali Mrabet paid a visit Wednesday to the National Blood Transfusion Centre (French: CNTS) to take stock of its preparedness for a blood donation campaign for the Palestinian people amid an ongoing Israeli agression in Gaza. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine Middle East and Africa North Africa Sustainable Development Tunisia Source Type: news
Hemoglobin Targets a Good Idea for Massively Transfused Patients
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Critically ill patients receiving blood transfusions of 10 or more units had substantially better survival when it brought hemoglobin levels close to normal, according to a single-center study reported here... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - October 16, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
