Mar 30, 2022
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Courtney Young, PhD, founder and CEO of MyoGene Bio. Young, whose company is based in San Diego, California, was inspired by her cousin Christopher's diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy to find a cure for the...
Mar 23, 2022
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Henry Lin, MD, a pediatric hepatologist with Oregon Science & Health University in Portland. Dr. Lin speaks about the difficulty of diagnosing lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D) in...
Mar 22, 2022
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Albert Faro, MD, vice president for clinical affairs at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). Dr. Faro speaks about COVID-19's impact on the CF community, and on how CFTR modulators and better care have dramatically extended the life of...
Mar 16, 2022
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Christine Há — a blind chef who not only won Season 3 of the reality TV show "MasterChef" in 2012 but went on to write a bestselling cookbook and later opened two restaurants in Houston, Texas. Há, who has neuromyelitis optica spectrum...
Mar 7, 2022
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Reham Abdel-Wahab, MD, PhD, chief scientific officer of the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation. Dr. Abdel-Wahab discusses recently approved therapies for this rare, aggressive bile duct cancer as well as new advances that may offer hope to patients...