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October 9, 2018October 9, 2018

Advocacy Groups, Doctors Question Rising Prices of Rare Disease Treatments

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Half a year has gone by since disgraced pharma executive Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for securities and wire fraud while heading San Diego-based ... Read more

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018

Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Linked with Recurrence of Breast Cancer in Case Study

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A 49-year-old woman in Australia was simultaneously diagnosed with a rare case of cutaneous sarcoidosis and recurrent metastatic breast cancer, according to a case report. The study “Concurrent diagnoses ... Read more

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018

Phase 1/2 Trial to Test aTyr Pharma’s ATYR1923 in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Patients

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aTyr Pharma, which developing therapies to modulate immune pathways involved in lung diseases, has announced an upcoming Phase 1b/2a study to test their lead therapy ATYR1923 in patients with pulmonary ... Read more

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018

Sarcoidosis Patients More Likely to Develop Heart Rhythm Disorders, Large Retrospective Study Finds

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Patients with sarcoidosis are more likely to have heart rhythm disorders, specifically ventricular tachycardia, and experience cardiac arrest, a review of a large sample of inpatients in the United ... Read more

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018

#NORDSummit – More Than 700 Expected to Attend Oct. 15-16 Rare Disease Summit in Washington

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More than 700 medical experts, pharmaceutical executives, patient advocates, and others are expected to converge on Washington, D.C., next month for the 2018 NORD Rare Diseases & Orphan Products ... Read more

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

Rare Case of Sternoclavicular Joint Arthritis in Sarcoidosis Patient Reported

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A new case report describes a patient with arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint (SC joint, the joint between the collar bone and the breastbone, or sternum) who was later diagnosed ... Read more

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Multiple Biomarkers Could Identify, Characterize, and Predict Prognosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis, Study Says

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Measuring the serum levels of four specific biomarkers could help doctors detect cardiac sarcoidosis, identify patients with systemic lesions instead of heart symptoms only, and predict prognosis, a new ... Read more

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

IL-33 Seen to Restore Balance in Immune Response of Mice with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

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A potent signaling molecule called interleukin-33, or IL-33, can restore the balance and function of regulatory immune T-cells in mice with pulmonary sarcoidosis, a study showed. The finding suggests ... Read more

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018

Sarcoidosis Cases Increase in Korea; Middle-Aged Women at Higher Risk, Report Shows

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The number of patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis increased in the last decade in Korea, and women in their 50s and 60s were found to be at higher risk, a ... Read more

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

Serum Levels of 4 Proteins Enable Monitoring of Sarcoidosis Activity, Study Reports

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Measuring the serum levels of the proteins ACE, YKL-40, CRP, and sIL-2R may enable clinicians to monitor disease activity in sarcoidosis patients, according to researchers from Turkey. Their study, “YKL-40, Soluble ... Read more

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