Neuromyelitis Optica is a rare disease. It is a severe demyelinating disease with an autoimmune inflammatory process affecting the central nervous system. It specifically affects the myelin, which is ...

In 1999, Wingerchuk et al. proposed the following diagnostic criteria for Devic's neuromyelitis optica (NMO): optic neuritis, acute myelitis, and no symptoms implicating CNS involvement beyond the ...

Joanna Robles, MD, first began having unusual symptoms in the summer of 2020. She had bouts of nausea and vomiting that she couldn’t explain. Eventually doctors diagnosed her with neuromyelitis optica ...

AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation for the investigational ...

Like all of us Jackline Mukami had expected a somewhat mundane life: get married, bear children, work and be happy. She would be sick from usual suspects – malaria, common cold, bacterial infections ...

In the autoimmune disorder neuromyelitis optica (NMO), the immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. This can cause symptoms such as loss of vision and changes in sensation. Early and ...

New York, Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Neuromyelitis Optica (Devic’s Syndrome) Disease - Global Clinical ...

A monoclonal antibody (mAb) against a glycoprotein called repulsive guidance molecule-a (RGMa) may provide an efficient therapeutic strategy for treating neuromyelitis optica (NMO), scientists at ...

WASHINGTON -- Patients with IgG4-related disease appeared to benefit from inebilizumab (Uplizna), currently approved for neuromyelitis optica (NMO), in a pivotal clinical trial. Just 10% of patients ...

DelveInsight projects strong NMOSD market growth in the 7MM through 2032, fueled by disease-modifying therapies and key approvals. Leading NMOSD companies include RemeGen, Alexion, Reistone Biopharma, ...

A woman who contracted a rare disease that left her paralyzed from the waist down and visually impaired had initially put her symptoms down to a hangover. Annabelle Moult, a 39-year-old woman from ...