In most cases, the first step in altering the course of myasthenia gravis is surgical removal of the thymus gland (thymectomy). The thymus gland is located behind the sternum (breastbone) and is ...

In part 2 of our interview with Katie Abouzahr, MD, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we discuss the challenge inherent ...

T he first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) should be subgrouped into early ... Early thymectomy is recommended for thymoma MG. All thymus tissue needs to be removed surgically. Intensive care and ventilatory support ...

Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular ... In some cases, abnormalities in a small organ called the thymus gland "also appear to play a role in triggering or exacerbating ...

For this study, outcomes were compared between 2 groups of patients with myasthenia gravis: those who developed exacerbations ...

We have some surgeries. The surgery that is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis is a thymectomy or removal of the thymus gland. The thymus gland is a gland that's involved in our autoimmune ...

The FDA has granted Priority Review to nipocalimab for the treatment of antibody positive patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

Medications for myasthenia gravis (MG) can include cholinesterase inhibitors, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, monoclonal antibodies, and antibody fragment medications. While myasthenia gravis ...

The company also continues to study Descartes-08 in other autoimmune diseases and has plans for a basket trial in pediatric patients.

But with people suffering from myasthenia gravis, the thymus is usually large. Though it is not clear how a large thymus gives rise to the condition, experts believe that an abnormal thymus can ...