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Pulmonary Artery Denervation Helps to Treat PAH, Trial Suggests

Pulmonary artery denervation was found to be safe and to improve the health of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to results of an early clinical trial. The study, “Intravascular Ultrasound Pulmonary Artery Denervation to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (TROPHY1),” was published in the journal …

Epigenetic Changes May Boost PAH Development, Study Reports

Changes in the epigenetic profile — a collection of marks that turn genes on and off  — of pulmonary arterial endothelial cells from people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may contribute to disease development, a study suggests. The study, “Remodeling of active endothelial enhancers is associated with aberrant…

Unity and EU-wide Efforts Focus of Online Rare Disease Meeting

Eurordis, a Paris-based coalition of national rare disease associations across Europe, hosted its first all-virtual conference, bringing some 1,500 delegates from 57 countries together online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 10th European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD2020) — which was set for May 14–15 in…