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Power to the People!

November 13, 2009

This week I attended a meeting held by the Society for Genomics Policy and Public Health entitled ‘Genetics and Health Promotion’. It was extremely interesting and posed two very significant questions. How do scientists translate genetic research into effective therapeutics and how is this then effectively pitched to public health strategists?

Alternative Therapy for Conventional Cancer

November 6, 2009

The main focus of this blog has been to discuss the scientific progress being made in the field of BHD Syndrome, whether that is in basic cell biology, to understand the mechanism(s) of pathogenesis i

New Observations In Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome

October 30, 2009

A recent publication in PNAS (Hasumi Y. et al 2009.

Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases: A Bottleneck Effect?

October 23, 2009

Searching www.clinicaltrials.gov for current trials on BHD Syndrome reveals 3 studies; a) a genetic study of patients and families with BHD Sydrome; b) treatment of fibrofolliculomas with topical rapamycin and; c) another genetic study of patients with inherited urologic malignancies.

Collagen: not just a requirement for aging socialites or fashionistas?

October 16, 2009

A new review published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) shows how stem cell based therapies in mice can slow down the progression of kidney disease in Alport Syndrome: “Stem Cell Therapies Benefit Alport Syndrome” LeBleu V et al, 2009.