Magdalena Kegel,  —

Some diseases were long considered incurable, even untreatable. Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is one of them. But as technology advances, so does therapeutic possibilities. With the advent of gene therapy, EB patients may finally have an effective treatment to look forward to. Abeona Therapeutics is running the most advanced effort…

A group of physicians and researchers in Germany and Italy were quietly making history in 2015, aware they were doing something extraordinary but refraining from going public. They needed time to ensure their feat — giving a dying boy with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) genetically engineered new skin — would be a…

A 7-year-old boy with life-threatening epidermolysis bullosa has German and Italian researchers to thank for acquiring a new skin — and with it, the potential for a normal life. The team used genetically modified skin stem cells to grow new skin, which was successfully transplanted on 80 percent of the boy’s…

Amicus Therapeutics’ Phase 3 trial of SD-101 cream to treat wounds in patients with epidermolysis bullosa did not meet the company’s primary and secondary treatment goals, Amicus announced. The 169-patient study, in which SD-101 was compared to a placebo, did not detect any difference in the time it took…

In a recent update on its drug development program, Fibrocell Science addressed the therapy, FCX-007, it is developing for people with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Results from the Phase 1 part of a clinical trial testing FCX-007 will be available soon, according to the company. FCX-007 is a cell…