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Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a rare blood condition that develops in the fetus or neonate during pregnancy or at birth in which maternal alloantibodies target paternally ...

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The MARRVEL-MCP tool provides LLMs with access to curated genomic resources, improving analysis of variants in rare diseases like TK2d. Neurofibromin may contribute to neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) ...

The use of semaglutide has been associated with improvement of treatment-resistant mast cell activation symptoms in an overweight patient with SM. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) ...

Cancelled Stamp From The United States Featuring An Appeal For Early Testing For Sickle Cell. Credit: Getty Images The first case of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the United States was described in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kygevvi ® (doxecitine and doxribtimine) for thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d) in November 2025. 1 Given the progressive and potentially fatal ...

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Taylor Kane is executive director of Remember the Girls, a nonprofit group that advocates on behalf of females with X-linked disorders (Photo courtesy of Taylor Kane) New Jersey native Taylor Kane ...

While there is currently no cure, pharmacological therapies for progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) include immunomodulatory agents that aim to reduce inflammation and antifibrotics that delay ...

The core care team for TK2d may include a neuromuscular neurologist, pulmonologist, nutritionist, physical therapist, and orthopedist. A support care team may include specialists such as a ...

When tested on Investigational New Drug products (n=7), both complement-dependent hemolysis and monocyte monolayer assays effectively detected elevated hemolytic activity. The Food and Drug ...