Rare conditions present their own difficulties in terms of medicines adherence, but HCPs, pharma and patients can pool their experience to develop effective, tailored support. It is well ...

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Eponyms — diseases named after a person — can cause serious confusion. That is particularly true in one rare disease ...

As we stand on the threshold of a revolution in therapeutics driven by AI and never-before-imagined scientific advancements, it will be critical to ensure that rare disease patients are not left ...

Scientists have developed a new method of genetic analysis, which extracts more precise data than previously used methods when looking at DNA, and will improve our understanding of the genetic basis ...

The term rare disease is, in a sense, a misnomer. If all of the people with rare diseases worldwide inhabited their own country, it would be the third-largest by population, after China and India.

In a new study, a team of researchers, including Anneliene Jonker, has published, in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, the first ...

For 7-year-old Emma, the rage is a symptom of Batten disease, the fatal, rare illness with which she was diagnosed at age 4. “But I have to take the book away. She's not willing to eat or drink ...

While PH Awareness Month is a great opportunity to connect and educate, rare disease advocacy is columnist Jen Cueva's passion all year.

Boulder County health officials said people can catch tularemia through bites from infected insects, most commonly ticks and ...

The University of Minnesota’s annual Rare Disease Day seminar this year, held at the end of February, explained how patients with rare diseases can utilize telehealth services nationally and ...

According to statistics, the condition affects one ... Experts say Progeria, being an extremely rare genetic disease, leads ...