Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) today announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has assigned a ...

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending the gut. The protein strengthens the mucus layer that lines the ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a critical mechanism that could pave the way for safer and more effective obesity treatments. The findings, published in Nature Communications, shed light on how ...

Eating raw or undercooked beans poses a health risk because of the potential presence of lectins, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The European Commission asked EFSA to conduct ...

Inadequate preparation of lectin-containing foods, especially beans, poses a public health risk, said the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in a recent opinion report. The information follows ...

The plausible mechanism pathway “could accelerate gene therapy/editing development,” analysts at William Blair said Thursday, while adding that additional clarity is needed. Individualized therapies ...

In a highly anticipated article, FDA officials Vinay Prasad, M.D., and Martin Makary, M.D., outlined a novel regulatory pathway that could trigger a seismic shift in how bespoke gene editing therapies ...

NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can approve new personalized treatments for rare and deadly genetic diseases based on data from a handful of patients, two of the ...

In recent years, hundreds of community colleges have embraced the guided pathways model, a sweeping set of large-scale reforms to better steer students through academic programs and boost completion ...