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Miscarriages & the Immune System – All You Should Know with Dr. Jeffrey Braverman
A mothers immune system is altered during pregnancy so that the fetus is not rejected by her body and is allowed to grow. When this balance goes awry, the immune system may become the cause of a miscarriage or multiple…
Alzheimer’s or Dementia. What’s the Difference?
Over 10 million people in the US have a neurodegenerative condition. Half of these people have Alzheimer's Disease making it the most common neurodegenerative condition in the US. Among the remaining, a large population suffer from frontotemporal dementia (FTD). However,…
Reversing Blindness with New FDA Approved Retinal Gene Therapy
In December 2017, the FDA approved a DNA altering medication that can reverse an inherited form of progressive blindness. Luxturna is a gene therapy which can treat a condition called Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) wherein people have inherited two faulty…
Beating Leukemia with Groundbreaking CAR-T Cell Therapy
Dr. Stephan A. Grupp made history when he treated the first child with CAR T cell therapy, Emily Whitehead, who is now more than five years cancer-free. In CAR-T cell therapy, a patient's own genetically altered immune cells fight cancer.…
Endometriosis – The How & Why and Recent Advances in Treatment with Dr Camran Nezhat
Endometriosis is a disease where the cells of internal lining of the uterus (endometrium) starts to grow outside the uterus, mainly on organs in the pelvis, causing a maze of symptoms including not only pelvic pain, infertility, and severe menstrual…