Vijaya Iyer, PhD, —

Vijaya Iyer is a freelance science writer for BioNews Services. She has contributed content to their several disease-specific websites, including cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, among others. She holds a PhD in Microbiology from Kansas State University, where her research focused on molecular biology, bacterial interactions, metabolism, and animal models to study bacterial infections. Following the completion of her PhD, Dr. Iyer went on to complete three postdoctoral fellowships at Kansas State University, University of Miami and Temple University. She joined BioNews Services to utilize her scientific background and writing skills to help patients and caregivers remain abreast with important scientific breakthroughs.

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September 4, 2018 News by Vijaya Iyer, PhD

Type 3 Gaucher Disease Is Most Common Subtype in Filipinos, Study Shows

Most Filipino patients with Gaucher disease carry severe mutations in the GBA gene and exhibit Gaucher disease type 3, researchers from the Philippines found. The study, “Genetic and clinical characteristics of Filipino patients with Gaucher disease,” was published in the journal Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. Gaucher disease…

August 14, 2018 News by Vijaya Iyer, PhD

Blood Infection Kills Untreated Gaucher Patients at Higher Rate, Study Finds

Patients with Gaucher disease type 1 who never received treatment with enzyme replacement therapy died of septicemia — a blood infection — nine times more often than the general population, followed by liver disease, suicide or drug overdose, and cancer. Cancer, however, was the most common cause of death in these patients. The…

Vijaya Iyer, PhD, —

Articles by Vijaya Iyer

Type 3 Gaucher Disease Is Most Common Subtype in Filipinos, Study Shows

Blood Infection Kills Untreated Gaucher Patients at Higher Rate, Study Finds

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