Five years of standard treatment did not slow the progression of congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) — the rarest type…
Steve Bryson, PhD
Steve holds a PhD in biochemistry from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. As a medical scientist for 18 years, he worked in both academia and industry, where his research focused on the discovery of new vaccines and medicines to treat inflammatory disorders and infectious diseases. Steve is a published author in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals and a patented inventor.
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Articles by Steve Bryson, PhD
A 20-year-old Chinese woman experiencing bouts of abdominal pain and seizures eventually was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP),…
Surgical removal of the spleen effectively eased the signs and symptoms of severe congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) in a…
Disc Medicine has been granted a U.S. patent for treating erythropoietic protoporphyrias (EPPs) with glycine transport inhibitors, such…
A high financial burden is associated with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) — one particularly driven by hospitalization and medical…
A middle-aged woman with signs of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), the most common form of porphyria, was diagnosed…
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) doesn’t appear to be strongly associated with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a temporary condition marked by stress-induced…
A 77-year-old man with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), the most common form of porphyria, was diagnosed with adult-onset hereditary…
People with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) have an increased risk of kidney cancer, chronic kidney disease, and high blood…
For people with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) — a condition whose symptoms significantly overlap those of porphyria — a…