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President Trump signed an executive order to speed FDA review of psychedelic treatments showing 80-90% reduction in PTSD symptoms among veterans. The breakthrough therapy could help over 6,000 veterans who die by suicide each year.
A Cleveland hospital now offers a 40-minute, non-invasive treatment for patients with a deadly heart condition who are too frail for surgery. The breakthrough therapy uses targeted radiation instead of a grueling procedure inside the heart.
Children with Hunter syndrome just got their first new treatment option in nearly two decades. The FDA approved AVLAYAH, a breakthrough therapy from Denali Therapeutics that offers fresh hope to families facing this rare genetic disease.
A breakthrough therapy is giving advanced melanoma patients new hope by supercharging their own immune systems to fight cancer. One survivor has remained cancer-free for six years after treatment.
Northwestern University researchers developed a breakthrough therapy that grabs "undruggable" cancer proteins and drags them to the cell's trash system for destruction. The approach worked against MYC and KRAS, two proteins that drive many aggressive cancers and resist most treatments.
Researchers at New York's Feinstein Institutes transformed a dangerous immune trigger into a breakthrough therapy that could save lives from sepsis and rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment activates only where disease strikes, sparing healthy immune function.
Scientists at Northwestern University created the most advanced lab-grown human spinal cord model yet, and it's already showing promising results for a breakthrough therapy that could help paralyzed patients walk again. The "dancing molecules" treatment reduced scarring and sparked nerve growth in injured tissue.
Scientists at Northwestern University have successfully used "dancing molecules" to heal lab-grown human spinal cord tissue, bringing new hope to paralysis treatment. The breakthrough therapy, already FDA-designated, dramatically reduced scar tissue and regrew nerve connections in the most advanced spinal cord organoid model ever created.
A Danish research team has developed a breakthrough therapy for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. Their work shows how university scientists are solving problems Big Pharma won't touch.
Scientists in China developed a treatment that shrinks bone cancer tumors by 94% while also relieving pain without opioids. The breakthrough therapy works by disrupting how cancer cells and nerves communicate, offering hope for better treatment with fewer side effects.
Two scientists found a way to dramatically reduce serious health problems from fast-tracked medications. Their solution could make breakthrough drugs safer for millions of patients.