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A decades-old medication is giving hope to children with Bachmann-Bupp syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting only 20 people worldwide. Early treatments show the drug may ease severe symptoms by targeting the root cause.
After nearly dying five times from a mystery illness, Dr. David Fajgenbaum turned to artificial intelligence to save his own life—and now he's finding treatments for thousands of other forgotten patients. His AI system has already identified potential cures for over 60 rare diseases that drug companies won't touch.
A nonprofit is using AI to match 4,000 existing drugs with 18,000 diseases in less than a day, potentially bringing treatments to millions suffering from rare conditions. Every Cure has already identified 10 promising treatments since 2022.
A Philadelphia nonprofit founded by a doctor who survived a rare disease just landed $76 million to help millions of patients find treatments hiding in plain sight. Every Cure's AI tool searches thousands of existing drugs to find new uses for rare diseases that lack treatments.
Cancer survivors are often told to "watch and wait" for recurrence with no treatment options. A breakthrough AI system is finding affordable existing drugs that can target 750 cancer mutations and keep patients cancer-free.
Scientists have identified three medicines already on pharmacy shelves that could help fight Alzheimer's, with a shingles vaccine leading the pack. The discovery could fast-track new treatments by years and save billions in development costs.
Scientists at McMaster University discovered how deadly glioblastoma grows and identified an existing HIV medication that could fight it. The breakthrough could fast-track treatment for patients who currently have few options.
A decades-old sleeping sickness drug is showing promise for children with Bachmann-Bupp syndrome after doctors treated six patients with remarkable results. Now a major partnership could fast-track treatments for the 20 known cases worldwide.