Tag: clinical trials
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FDA Issues Action Plan for Rare Neuro Diseases
The Food and Drug Administration published its blueprint to encourage new treatments for rare neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS.
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Trial Underway of Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine
A clinical trial has begun testing an influenza vaccine given as a nasal spray with a conventional syringe-delivered vaccine among older U.S. adults.
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Trial Underway of AI Depression Guidance System
A clinical trial has begun testing a system based on artificial intelligence to help clinicians prescribe personalized care for depression in patients.
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Walgreens to Aid Recruitment for Clinical Trials
A retail drugstore chain is offering its store locations and online facilities to help recruit a more diverse patient population for clinical trials.
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Digital Biomarkers Reveal Alzheimer’s Gender Differences
A study of people with and without Alzheimer’s disease found differences between women and men in their state of cognitive decline with data from mobile devices.
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Sites Revealed for Lung Cancer Precision Diagnostic Trial
The first sites are selected for a study testing people with suspected lung tumors for cancer-causing mutations, to help decide on personalized treatments for their disease.
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Trial Demonstrates 3-D Printed Ear Tissue Implant
A patient in a clinical trial received an implant made of three-dimensional printed tissue to replace a deformed ear caused by microtia, a congenital condition.
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Grant Funds Epilepsy Stem Cell Therapy Trial
A developer of stem cell therapies for neurological disorders is receiving an $8 million grant to advance a treatment for a common type of epilepsy.
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Biobank Study to Assess Obesity Types, Genetics
A study is now enrolling individuals to better understand different types of obesity, as well as genetics and other factors behind various obesity conditions.
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Trial Shows Therapy Controls Gut Disorder with Healthy Microbes
Results from a clinical trial show a microbiome treatment produces healthy gut microbes that reduce recurrences of C. difficile infections.