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The diabetes medication metformin slowed tumor growth and prolonged survival in a mouse model of aggressive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the most common type of cancer seen in people with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), in a recent study.  It did so by inhibiting cellular processes used by…

Abeona Therapeutics is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for EB-101, an investigational cell therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). The biologics license application (BLA) submitted by the company was filed along with a request for priority review, which, if granted, would shorten the…

A rare case of epidermolysis bullosa acquista (EBA) was found in an older man in France with systemic sclerosis (SSc), according to a new report by researchers who noted the unusual co-occurrence of the two autoimmune diseases. “Several autoimmune or inflammatory diseases have been reported in association with…

Eddie Vedder of the rock band Pearl Jam will perform two concerts to support EB Research Partnership (EBRP) following its inaugural Venture Into Cures Summit and Dinner, set for Oct. 22 in Seattle, Washington. The organization funds research into treatments for epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a group of…

Itch is a common symptom with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) and available treatments are generally inadequate for managing it. That’s according to “Itch in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: findings of PEBLES, a prospective register study,” published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. “The…

Abeona Therapeutics is preparing to request U.S. approval of EB-101, a cell therapy candidate for treating recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). The announcement follows a successful pre-biologics license application (BLA) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “With the constructive feedback from the FDA now in-hand,…

Paradigm Therapeutics has acquired worldwide rights to SD-101, an investigational cream that’s being developed as a whole-body therapy to promote wound healing and ease pain and itching in all forms of epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The company now plans to meet with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

The use of biological anti-inflammatory therapies effectively controlled epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) in four people with the disease, a recent study reports. “According to our clinical experience and literature data in severe EBA cases with rapid progress, biologicals should be considered promptly,” the researchers wrote. They added that the…

Researchers have highlighted the challenges of treating two cases of aggressive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), a form of skin cancer associated with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), with immunotherapy when surgery was no longer an option. One patient, who had many genetic mutations within cancer cells, responded well to…

Abeona Therapeutics has submitted a data briefing package on its cell therapy candidate EB-101 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ahead of a meeting with the agency planned for this month. The meeting’s purpose is to discuss Abeona’s planned application seeking approval of EB-101 to treat recessive …

A new mutation in the ITGA6 gene, called “a novel lethal variant” by researchers, was identified as the cause of junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) that led to the death of a fetus at 32 weeks of pregnancy, according to a case reported in Saudi Arabia. This was the third…

Lesions in the skin and mucosa in a 20-year-old woman with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) came back years later, after a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a case report. While rapid development of skin disease after receiving vaccinations had been reported, this is the first case of possible EBA with autoantibodies…