According to a story from The Guardian, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK Labour Party, announced a remarkable plan at the most recent Labour party conference that has the…
Innovation and Collaboration Macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) is a rare eye disease that causes progressive vision loss as patients age. Paul Bernstein is a physician at the John A.…
According to a story from Financial Buzz, the biotherapeutics company Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc. has recently announced that it has earned Orphan Drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration…
According to a story from Spectrum News a recent study revealed two potential therapies that could treat symptoms associated with Rett syndrome, a rare disorder. The study involved the creation…
Cystinosis Cystinosis is a rare disease that causes cystine, an amino acid, to build up in the body's organs. However, there is treatment that can prevent this accumulation. Normally, patients…
Ischemic cardiomyopathy is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy, in which the capability of heart to pump blood is reduced. This causes lack of blood supply to heart muscles which result…
In a story from Healio, Dr. Niraj C. Patel, who is an associate professor of pediatric infectious disease and immunology at Levine Children’s Hospital, Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC, is…
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FierceBiotech recently reported that Helixmith Co., based in Korea and previously known as ViroMed, coordinated a Phase 3 clinical trial involving five hundred diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) patients. The…
According to a story from outsourcing-pharma.com, the company Firma Clinical Research, which provides health care services to patients in clinical trials, has been getting a lot of business lately. This…
According to a story from Healio, a recent study has determined that older patients with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer that affects plasma cells, routinely under-utilize supportive care resources as…
According to a story from newton.wickedlocal.com, the first time that mother Melissa Chaikof realized that something was wrong with her oldest doctor was many years ago. When a nearby door…
According to a story from news.yale.edu, Yale alum Jordan Plotner began experiencing his first symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome when he was a sophmore. He experienced episodes of brain fog and…
According to a publication from EurekAlert, a study recently published in the medical journal Nature Genetics suggests how certain immune cells express genetic activity similar to that of variations of the…
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is hosting its 2019 NORD Rare Diseases & Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit on October 21-22 in Washington, D.C. NORD is a great organization and…
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The Providence Journal recently published an article by Brittany Ricci, a student at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, detailing her year-long struggle to receive the treatment her doctor had prescribed…
A new treatment was recently tested for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). A recent article in MD Anderson News points out that in the U.S., five hundred to…
When you have a rare disease, you know that the way it effects your life goes far beyond the symptoms listed on WebMd. It riddles through plans for weekend, your…
According to a story from American Nurse Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment on September 6th, 2019 for interstitial lung disease associated with scleroderma, a…
A study record from clinicaltrials.gov is investigating the appearance of lung problems in patients with disorders affecting connective tissue. While prior research has documented the appearance of interstitial lung disease…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biotechnology company BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has recently announced its submission of a clinical trial application with the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory…
According to a story from Pompe Disease News, a recent study has concluded the polymorphisms of the ACE gene (which are genetic variations that occur naturally) do not have an…
First, I want to be clear-- I'm neither a doctor nor astrologer. This listicle is just for fun! Rare diseases are not Zodiac signs, and are tremendously challenging situations to…
According to a story from Pompe Disease News, a recent study has found that delays in diagnosis are closely connected to whether someone displaying symptoms of Pompe disease is referred…
As originally reported in Biobuzz, the story of rare disease treatment took a turn in the age of modern technology. Rare diseases have traditionally been inaccessible to the naked eye,…
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A molecular biologist, Dr. Daria Julkowska, coordinates an international consortium in Paris that is largely funded through the 28-member European Union (EU). According to a report published in the Charcot-Marie-Tooth…
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