We were honored to once again visit the research lab of Dr. Elizabeth Phillips at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The research is tedious, complex and encouraging! There are currently 24 sites across the US and Canada focused on the research of drug induced disease. Dr. Phillips’ Laboratory works closely with Murdoch University in … Read more
Read MoreThe mission of the SJS/TEN research program at VUMC is to 1) improve preventive efforts and facilitate translation of genetic screening into the clinical and pre-clinical setting to prevent SJS/TEN through excluding patients at risk from high risk drugs and facilitating the development of safer drugs less likely to cause SJS/TEN. 2) Identify biomarkers associated … Read more
Read MoreThis is the speech I gave at the Genomic Medicine Meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland on May 2, 2017. I was invited by Duke University’s School of Medicine’s Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine and The National Institute of Health to tell “Angela’s Story” It was not an easy story to tell but it … Read more
Read MoreBy Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. Science Writer, NHGRI Angela Anderson, a 22-year-old woman, fell victim to the fatal genetic condition, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, or SJS/TEN. Photo credit: Paul and Wanpen Anderson. “Angela was unique. She was a trendsetter … one in a million. The disease that took her was one in a million. Even in … Read more
Read MoreShortly after the article was published in the News Gazette, the reporter, Tom Kacich, received the following email: Hello Tom, I’m hoping you can help me. My name is Carrie Victor. On 12/20/2016 I was diagnosed with toxic epidermal necrolysis. Fortunately I lived to tell. Through this experience I became aware of the tragic story … Read more
Read MoreCHAMPAIGN — A family is trying to raise money to find a cure for a condition that killed their youngest. It was the Anderson’s first Christmas without their youngest daughter Angela. She contracted a rare disease that killed her almost a year ago. Now, her family is doing what they can to prevent another family … Read more
Read MoreAngela was unique. She was a trendsetter. Everybody says she was “cool”, but not only that, she made people around her feel cool. She had a way of making everyone feel welcome around her. People that didn’t “fit in” felt like they fit in when they were around her. Friends told me, “She was the … Read more
Read MoreOn December 23, Angela had plans to go out with her friends but cancelled because she had a fever and didn’t feel good. She took ibuprofen for the fever and went to bed. On Christmas Eve Angela texted her mother, Wanpen at 2:38 pm showing a picture of her eye infection and complaining of pain. … Read more
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