Preeclampsia is a pregnancy related complication that affects over 5% to 8% of pregnancies or about 3,00,000 women in the US alone. An estimated 10,500 babies in the U.S, succumb to preeclampsia while others suffer from extensive damage owing to premature delivery. It is one of...
Cyberdyne’s (OTC Pink: CYBQY) HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) lower-body exoskeleton, touted to be the world’s first cyborg – type robot, received a FDA approval to start offering its exoskeleton in the U.S through licensed medical facilities in January 2018. This device can support, enhance and...
PhaseBio’s (NASDAQ: PHAS), PB2452 is the new drug on the block, which has received a breakthrough therapy status from the FDA in April 2019. The company’s stock rose by almost 32%, on the day it announced the news. It acts as a reversal agent for...
TG Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TGTX), a clinical stage company that is leading the innovation bandwagon in the field of novel therapies for B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases has had a great run at the stock market so far this year. Its stocks have almost doubled in 2019 owing...
Mustang Bio’s (NASDAQ: MBIO) shares rose by almost 250% after its development partner, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, published study results that demonstrated that its experimental gene therapy could cure “Bubble Boy” disease or X-SCID, a severe combined immunodeficiency in infants. Figure 1 - Stock...
Stem Cell Therapy is emerging as the future of therapeutics for numerous diseases and disorders which have hitherto been unaddressed. The growing awareness of the regenerative powers of stem cells, along with rising research and development expenditure on stem cell technology will drive the growth...
Parkinson’s is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by muscle rigidity, bradykinesia, cognitive impairment, etc. An estimated one million people in the USA are currently battling this disease, with over 60,000 new diagnoses each year. The cost of healthcare is a staggering $25...
Erectile dysfunction (ED) commonly called impotence is a sexual dysfunction marked by the inability to develop or maintain an erection. ED though not fatal, can severely affect self-esteem, the ability to maintain a relationship and cause stress and dissatisfaction. Sexual arousal is caused by interplay of brain, muscles, emotions and blood muscles,...
Melanoma, a form of skin cancer, accounts for about 1% of skin cancers but is responsible for over 7,230 deaths every year as per an estimate by the American Cancer Society, these numbers are steadily rising over the years with approximately 96,480 new melanomas diagnosis being made each year....
Sepsis is when the body reacts extremely to an infection and can quickly escalate into a life-threatening situation causing multiple organ failures. It affects more than 1.5 million people in the U.S and over 250,000 individuals succumb to it each year according to the Centers for Disease...
