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PK DEFICIENCY | New Episode of ‘Just Listen’ Podcast Out Now
Check out the latest episode of ‘Just Listen: Voices of PK Deficiency’ podcast, where host Dr Rachael Grace converses with Dr Matthew Heeney, a haematologist whose research is focused on the…
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APLASTIC ANEMIA | Eltrombopag May Increase Complete Response Rate Among Pediatric Patients
The standards of care for aplastic anemia are allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) or immunosuppression with horse antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine. Early data suggest that adding ELTR to immunosuppression…
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G6PD | Common Enzyme Deficiency Linked with COVID Severity
In Black men under 65, for example, those with the common enzyme deficiency had a roughly 1.5-fold higher risk for severe illness (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.03-2.09), reported Lavannya Pandit,…
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NEW REVIEW | Treatment Landscape of Rare Anaemias Is Shifting Rapidly
Writing in Frontiers in Medicine, the authors began by reviewing congenital and acquired forms of anaemia. Those include sickle cell disease (SCD) and hemolytic anemias (CHAs), both congenital, and autoimmune hemolytic…
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SICKLE CELL DISEASE | Hydroxyurea Use Linked To Higher Rates Of Spleen Removal
The study’s findings also indicated that SCD children treated with hydroxyurea underwent splenectomy surgery at a significantly younger age compared with those not given the oral medication. That result came…
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CLINICAL RESULTS | Roche Reports Positive Data for Crovalimab as Rare Blood Disease Treatment
PNH causes a patient’s red blood cells to break apart, resulting in a range of debilitating symptoms such as anaemia, fatigue, blood clots and kidney disease. The treatment is for…
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COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE | Enjaymo Improves Life Quality And Lessens Fatigue, According to Phase 3 Trial Results
These findings “further augment the primary efficacy outcomes of the placebo-controlled Phase 3 CADENZA study, demonstrating that in addition to providing improvements in hematologic [blood-related] parameters, treatment with [Enjaymo] also…
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RARE ANAEMIAS | Shining a Spotlight on Rare Anaemias’ Education and Advocacy with RAIN
Recognising the absence of a global umbrella organisation for rare anaemias to advocate and safeguard the rights of patients in a consistent way, and the commonalities between rare anaemias in…
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CLINICAL UPDATE | Novartis Builds Case for Iptacopan as Oral Rival to PNH Injectables
On December 8, the Swiss pharma group announced that the top-line results of the APPOINT-PNH clinical trial showed that iptacopan provided “clinically meaningful” increases in haemoglobin levels in patients with…
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SCIENCE NEWS | Research On Rare Genetic Disease Sheds Light On A Common Head And Neck Cancer
Patients with the rare genetic disorder Fanconi anemia lack certain elements of this repair system, making their cells incapable of removing lesions created by DNA-damaging chemicals, called aldehydes. And…
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