Due to a genetic defect, their lungs are affected. Patients are treated at a new centre in Brno

29. 04. 2024

The first centre in Moravia to treat genetic diseases opens its doors to patients. Patients who lack the so-called alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) can now come to the Lung Clinic of the University Hospital Brno for relief. This is a substance that protects the lungs from destruction and from the development of a number of lung diseases. 

"We are already admitting the first patients who have developed a deficiency of the AAT enzyme in April. Most of them are middle-aged and suffer from advanced forms of lung disease - most commonly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Regular treatment with the protein replacement will provide relief to the patients. It stops the progression of the disease that has developed due to AAT deficiency," explains Milan Sova, Head of the Clinic of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis at the University Hospital Brno. 

How genetics can help patients with mental illnessHow genetics can help patients with mental illness

22. 04. 2024

The treatment of patients with many psychiatric illnesses is quite lengthy, which is due (among other aspects) to the fact that the effect of many drugs on these illnesses takes up to 6 weeks or even later, and there is never a guarantee that the medication will have the expected effect. It is not uncommon in psychiatric care to have to try several different types of medication before finding the most optimal one.