Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...
The complement system is an innate immune response that leads to increased inflammation. The drug pegcetacoplan—a complement inhibitor—was approved for medical use in the United States in 2021 to ...
During the British Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the United Kingdom experienced an unprecedented time of innovation, technological advancement, and ...
Novo Nordisk is paying $240 million for global rights to a Phase 3-ready drug from Omeros that could rival immune disorder medications currently available from companies such as AstraZeneca, Novartis, ...
Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that affects your body’s innate immune system (complement system). Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a kidney disease that’s caused by ...
Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...
ARO-C3 treatment led to deep and sustained reductions in alternative pathway complement activity and proteinuria. ARO-C3, an investigational RNA interference-based therapy targeting hepatic expression ...
In myasthenia gravis, complement plays a big role in what happens to the muscle end of the neuromuscular junction, explains Miriam Freimer, MD, an author on 5 abstracts presented at the recent 15th ...
Do you find yourself nagging your partner about things they simply don't seem to care about, while they do the same to you? The solution isn't trying to change each other. Instead, it's learning to ...
Online Trump supporters have embraced a unique form of irony that is hard to parse — and easy to deploy with new technologies. By Dan Brooks Right up front, and only once, let us acknowledge that ...
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