About one in 9,000 females in Australia are diagnosed with Rett Syndrome at birth. In the US, about 15,000 girls and women suffer from it, and globally, this number grows to 350,000 females. The significance of its prevalence is nothing compared to its impact. The disorder can have a detrimental effect on the lives of
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As a medical research company, successful trial outcomes are a must but business acumen in understanding the market is no less important either. For clinical stage biotech company Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS), their latest addition to the Board of Directors line-up will offer them the best of both worlds with the appointment of healthcare investment researcher
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The complexity of the human body never ceases to amaze me. So many systems need to work together to carry out seemingly simple tasks like walking, breathing and digesting. This complexity means that from time to time the convoluted web of neurons, strands of DNA and woven matrices of bone can be subject to defects.
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Australian biopharmaceuticals developer Neuren Pharmaceuticals (ASX: NEU) has been granted a patent from the European Patent Office covering NNZ-2591, a world-first drug being developed to treat three neurodevelopmental disorders which affect children, and are currently incurable. The granting of the new patent is the third jurisdiction to do so for Neuren with the same application
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