Alexander Disease, and the First Drug Approved to Treat It
Astrocytes immunostained for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) — the protein whose overproduction causes Alexander disease. Yann Bernardinelli, 2013, CC BY-SA 3.0, via…
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The First Approved Treatment for Ataxia in Ataxia-Telangiectasia
The cerebellum (bottom right) — the part of the brain that degenerates in ataxia-telangiectasia. Henry Vandyke Carter, from Gray's Anatomy, 20th ed. (1918), plate 720, public…
Article ·Pancreatic Cancer Has a Drug That Works. Now the FDA Wants It Tried First
The organ in question, from Johannes Sobotta's Atlas and Text-book of Human Anatomy (1906): the pancreas lies deep behind the stomach, tucked between the kidneys and wrapped by…
Article ·What Radioligand Therapy Is, and Why a Second Lutathera Matters
Marie Curie, photographed by Henri Manuel around 1920. The company that just won the first approval for a copy of Lutathera is named for her and Pierre — and the drug is, at…
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