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Is Gene Therapy or Bioartificial Organs the Future of Medical Treatment?

Rare diseases typically have a prevalence below 0.05% and constitute around 10,000 diseases, cumulatively affecting over 5% of the global population. Although there is a large unmet need in treatment, the recent advent of gene therapy is beginning t...

Aug 20, 2024
Therapeutic Treatments to Cope with a Love Breakup

The hottest love has the coldest end.” Facing a romantic relationship breakup can be devastating, overwhelming and heart-wrenching. There has been an increasing trend of divorce over the last 3 decades in Hong Kong, with the crude divorce rate...

Aug 20, 2024
The Role of Matrix Metalloproteases in Tendinopathy and Its Clinical Implications

Tendinopathies are generally referred to as conditions including chronic pain and rupture in tendons. Since inflammatory cells are usually absent in the lesion, tendinopathy has long been recognised as a degenerative condition. Accordingly, anti-inf...

Aug 20, 2024
A New Chapter of Giant Cell Arteritis Treatment with Upadacitinib

Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also known as temporal arteritis is a chronic inflammatory vasculitis that predominately affects large- and medium-sized arteries in individuals above the age of 50. More notably, GCA affects the cranial branches of the c...

Aug 20, 2024
Resolving the Burden of Infertility

A Unique View on Infertility Pandemic Infertility is defined as the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse and currently affects around 8.8% of females aged between 15 and 49 in the United States (US) ...

Feb 6, 2024