Asthma affects 8 percent of the U.S. population. Severe asthma—the symptoms of which are difficult to manage despite high doses of medicines, like corticosteroids—accounts for most healthcare costs due to its complexity to treat. New therapies are needed to eliminate symptoms of this life-threatening disease. Ben Gaston, the Billie Lou Wood Professor of Pediatrics at… Read more »
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IU researcher developing new pediatric leukemia therapies
Pediatric leukemia affects approximately 4,000 children each year in the United States, and the incidence of the disease is steadily increasing year after year. Reuben Kapur, director of the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is working to discover new treatments that will improve patient care. He… Read more »
IU researchers create gene therapeutic for the treatment of inherited genetic diseases
Despite significant improvements in gene therapy in recent years, there are still major drawbacks such as the lack of development of more accessible gene therapies for those with inherited genetic diseases due to a missing or defective gene or gene product. For those individuals, there are limited individualized therapies geared toward their genetic makeup. Weidong… Read more »