March 6, 2019 — Jeopardy host Alex Trebek’s voice was calm and determined on Wednesday’s YouTube video, announcing his grim news in just over a minute. “Just like 50,000 other people in the U.S. each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.” “Normally the prognosis is not very encouraging,” he continued,… Read More: 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Has Pancreatic Cancer »
Dutta AK. Schuurs-Hoeijmakers syndrome in a patient from India. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Jan 28. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61058. [Epub ahead of print] Gadzicki D, Döcker D, Schubach M, Menzel M, Schmorl B, Stellmer F, Biskup S, Bartholdi D. Expanding the phenotype of a recurrent de novo variant in PACS1 causing intellectual disability. Clin Genet.… Read More: Genetics Home Reference: PACS1 syndrome »
Only a few days into the job, new Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day has a key commercial position to fill. Late Tuesday, the big biotech said Alessandro Riva, M.D., its EVP of oncology, would leave the company. He’ll stay on through the end of the month, at which time he’ll take the helm of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals’… Read More: Gilead loses oncology leader Riva days into CEO O'Day's new… »
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease tried a vegan dietWestend61/Eva Gruendemann/Getty By Donna Lu A low-calorie diet may help alleviate the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). That’s according to experiments with mice with IBD who were fed a low-calorie, low-protein diet and had reduced intestinal inflammation and a regenerated gut as a result. In humans,… Read More: A temporary low-calorie diet may reduce inflammatory bowel disease »