Taysha Gene Therapies announced that it has joined with Catalent, a pharmaceutical services provider, to support production of its…
Forest Ray, PhD
Forest Ray received his PhD in systems biology from Columbia University, where he developed tools to match drug side effects to other diseases. He has since worked as a journalist and science writer, covering topics from rare diseases to the intersection between environmental science and social justice. He currently lives in Long Beach, California.
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Articles by Forest Ray, PhD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Â has given a favorable opinion of the continued preclinical development plan for BBDF-101,…
Cannabinoids were used to successfully treat seizures in a patient with Batten disease for whom conventional therapies alone…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given priority medicines (PRIME) status to AT-GTX-501, Amicus Therapeutics‘ investigational gene therapy…
Same But Different, a U.K. nonprofit that uses the arts to bring communities together, is holding a calendar photography…
Raremark, an online rare disease patient community, has launched a digital platform called Xperiome, aimed at streamlining the…
The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases has launched a nationwide National Burden of Rare Disease Survey to measure…
The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) recently created a Rare Disease Diversity Coalition focused on reducing racial disparities in…
Those afflicted with lysosomal storage disorders such as Batten disease may benefit from a clever new treatment strategy one day.