Use of cyclophosphamide regimen found effective in hard-to-treat MG

Short-term use of cyclophosphamide — given in six monthly cycles, followed by maintenance immunotherapy — markedly reduced the clinical severity of hard-to-treat myasthenia gravis (MG), according to a study by researchers in Australia and the U.K. The therapeutic response seen among patients also allowed a reduction in the…

The first thing I did when I started college was to search for clubs and associations where I could volunteer. Back then, I believed that even if I wasn’t wealthy, I had my health and time to share. Volunteering was my way of contributing to the world, of proving to…

Throughout history, we can find examples of people getting things wrong. In 1903, a banker said, “The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty — a fad.” Science once accepted that cigarettes helped relieve stress and that germs were an idiotic concept. What we know…

A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) and with a mass in his thymus, a small, immune cell-producing gland in the upper chest, that is not usually found in elderly adults with MG, a case study from India reports. The man began exhibiting disease symptoms, including…

An investigator-initiated clinical trial will assess the safety and efficacy of NKX019, Nkarta’s investigational natural killer (NK) cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, in people with myasthenia gravis (MG). The open-label Phase 1 trial will be led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and the University…

There’s no denying it: Living with myasthenia gravis (MG) can make a person feel insane. One minute I’m celebrating a new physical milestone achieved, and the next I’m lamenting and grieving how much I lost when I got sick. It’s these constant emotional ups and downs that make…

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays,” Confucius once said. There is so much modern science doesn’t know about myasthenia gravis (MG). It must be taxing and frustrating for people with MG to explain the disease and its symptoms to family, friends, and others who may have…

We all like to observe others in subways, buses, or streets, and when I do it, I find myself asking, “What are they thinking about? How is their life going? Do they have the same problems as me, or are theirs worse?” I’m confident that many of you think of…

People with myasthenia gravis (MG) who experience exacerbations tend to require longer and more frequent hospital stays, according to a recent study. Findings from the study, which analyzed data from a U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare database, also suggest the risk of exacerbations is higher in people with MG…

The investigational cell therapy Descartes-08 led to durable reductions in disease severity for people with myasthenia gravis (MG), according to updated Phase 2b trial results presented by Cartesian Therapeutics, its developer. “Data reported today add to the growing body of evidence supporting the potential for Descartes-08 to provide…