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Accurately predicting who’s at risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease may now be easier, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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NPTX2 is the abbreviation for a protein found in the brain that may allow much more accurate prognosis of who’s at risk for developing neurocognitive disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. That’s according to Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Paul Worley, …
What can proteins in the blood and elsewhere teach us about developing dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Sickle cell disease should be treated with a half-matched donor approach, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease often isn’t a cure, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease has a breathtaking price tag of 2-3 million dollars per person, and for some people who receive it, is doesn’t actually cure the condition. That’s according to Richard Brodsky, a sickle cell expert at …
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A new technique is better than gene therapy for curing sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
A new technique cures most people with sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Bone marrow transplants used to be limited to just those people with sickle cell disease who could receive bone marrow from a matched donor. Rick Jones, an expert in blood disorders and cancers at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues have just …
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