New pain medication originated from fire walkers’ gene
The FDA approved a new type of pain reliever that doesn’t include opioids. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta ...
FDA approves first new type of pain medication in 25 years
A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...
‘Sickle cell pain is the worst I have ever felt in my life - it’s hard to put into words'
Everything you need to know about agonising sickle cell disease and the ‘revolutionary’ new DNA therapy that's being rolled ...
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Sickle Cell Trait Widely Misinterpreted As Cause of Death
A new review and policy statement underscore the inaccuracy of sickle cell trait as a cause of death on autopsies.
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“Man on Fire” Syndrome, Ion Channels, and the Quest for Safer Pain Treatments
In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...
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Vertex lays out plan to increase access and launch non-opioid pain reliever Journavx
For Vertex these days, it’s all about the launches of three new products—sickle cell disease gene therapy Casgevy, the ...
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Crisis in CRISPR world, RFK Jr.’s promises, and a novel non-opioid pain drug
Why are CRISPR companies not OK? Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr. keep his promises if he's confirmed to lead the Department of ...
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Battling bladder cancer: New gene therapy offers hope
The American Cancer Society estimates that 83,000 new cases of bladder cancer will be diagnosed this year, with almost 17,000 fatalities. But now, a new gene therapy is giving patients ...
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Adolore BioTherapeutics to Present CA8* Neuromodulating Gene Therapy at the 2025 NANS Annual Meeting
"Neuromodulation using gene therapy is an exciting new area that has wide-spread applications in treating not only chronic pain but other serious undertreated neurological disorders. We are delighted ...