Drafting a Dream Team: Celebrating Breakthroughs from the February 2024 Uplifting Athletes Young Investigator Draft
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Drafting a Dream Team: Celebrating Breakthroughs from the February 2024 Uplifting Athletes Young Investigator Draft

Having a rare disease can be challenging and isolating. It's often difficult to describe the experience to someone who hasn't gone through it. Mobilizing funds for support, resources, and research…

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Xenotransplant: Study of Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney in the Human Body Offers Hope for Future Organ Supply
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Xenotransplant: Study of Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney in the Human Body Offers Hope for Future Organ Supply

Out of 103,000 people in the United States waiting for a transplant, almost 88,000 individuals on the waiting list need a kidney transplant. These statistics were recently provided through Organ…

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Florida State University Harnesses Interdisciplinary Collaboration Through New Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases
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Florida State University Harnesses Interdisciplinary Collaboration Through New Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases

When it comes to rare disease, rare isn't actually that rare. More than 10,000 rare diseases have been identified. Rare diseases affect more than 350 million people across the globe…

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Study Suggests that Perinatal Depression Risk is Significantly Higher in Women with Autoimmune Diseases
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Study Suggests that Perinatal Depression Risk is Significantly Higher in Women with Autoimmune Diseases

Type 1 diabetes (T1D), rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and ulcerative colitis are all examples of autoimmune diseases. An autoimmune disease is a condition that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks…

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Rare Community Profiles: How Matrix Can Be Leveraged to Co-Create and Co-Deliver Care in the Rare Disease Space
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Rare Community Profiles: How Matrix Can Be Leveraged to Co-Create and Co-Deliver Care in the Rare Disease Space

  Rare Community Profiles is a Patient Worthy article series of long-form interviews featuring various stakeholders in the rare disease community, such as patients, their families, advocates, scientists, and more.…

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The Let’s Chat CAR T One-on-One Mentor Program: Speaking with Someone Who Understands What You Are Going Through

Acknowledgment: This story is sponsored by Kite, a Gilead Company and is promoted through the Patient Worthy Collaborative Content program. We only publish content that embodies our mission of providing…

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Shattered
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Shattered

Written by Dr. Donna Nicholson   Content Warning: Suicide, Self-harm In the summer of 1990, I learned that your life can change in the twinkling of an eye. Mine did…

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The Telemedicine Revolution: Reshaping Primary Healthcare for Better or Worse?
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The Telemedicine Revolution: Reshaping Primary Healthcare for Better or Worse?

The increasing penetration of digital technologies and the ubiquity of smartphones and the internet have transformed several spheres of our lives. Healthcare is no exception. With technological advances, it has…

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The NFL’s My Cause My Cleats 2023: Lacing Up for Awareness with Players’ Personal Stories 
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The NFL’s My Cause My Cleats 2023: Lacing Up for Awareness with Players’ Personal Stories 

  During the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative, passion and purpose collide on the field. This initiative embodies the profound bond between athletes and the causes that matter to…

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