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Rare Diseases
Rare Diseases: A disease or disorder is defined as rare in Europe when it affects fewer than 1 in 2000. A disease or disorder is defined as rare in the USA when it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time. ... In the EU, as many as 30 million people may be affected by one of over 6000 existing rare diseases.
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AUG 07, 2020Plants & Animals
Thanks to a historic cartoon character, Tasmanian devils are commonly regarded as cantankerous and ferocious creatures. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 03, 2020Cancer
New research is published by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered new information that may help pa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Clinicians and researchers have long wondered why cancer is the small intestine is rare while it's so common in the colo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2020Immunology
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare, inherited, and incurable condition associated with the progressive degenerati ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells appear to be a critical part of the human immune system, and dysfunction in these c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2020Cardiology
Nowadays, the health benefits of exercise seem to be advertised everywhere. While it is true that exercise has many bene ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 07, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have announced that an experimental drug showed promising results for a rare and inherited form of amyotroph ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 07, 2020Immunology
Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, is a rare but devastatingly debilitating neurologic disease in children caused by a resp ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There is great promise, as well as serious risks in gene therapy. Many diseases can be traced back to an error or mutati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The microbial pathogens of the world have shown us how powerful they can be, most recently proven by the current pandemi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
When children have a rare genetic disease and do not have access to whole-genome sequencing and the analysis it requires ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2020Cancer
Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers around the world. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a sub-typ ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAY 26, 2020Cardiology
In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers are advising healthcare professionals t ...Written By: Lawrence RennaMAY 26, 2020Immunology
The immune landscape is staggeringly complex, with a myriad of genetically and functionally distinct immune cell subpopu ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 09, 2020Microbiology
Once thought to be mostly unaffected by the virus, rare cases of an inflammatory syndrome are emerging in some kids that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Creating a drug from scratch is a lengthy process. Often taking years, given the rate of infection and deadliness of COV ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The accumulation of aberrant, misfolded proteins is a known feature of several different kinds of brain diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A therapeutic used for the treatment of schizophrenia could be a gateway for targeting glioblastoma, one of the deadlies ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 21, 2020Cardiology
Fewer and fewer people have heart attacks in the US thanks to improved lifestyle factors, such as a general reduction in ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Whole genome sequencing on schizophrenia patients reveals variations that affect genomic architecture are more common in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The spinal column develops from a row of structures called somites, which bud off sequentially in a process called somit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
Thanks to a historic cartoon character, Tasmanian devils are commonly regarded as cantankerous and ferocious creatures.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 03, 2020
Cancer
New research is published by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered new information that may help pa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clinicians and researchers have long wondered why cancer is the small intestine is rare while it's so common in the colo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Immunology
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare, inherited, and incurable condition associated with the progressive degenerati
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells appear to be a critical part of the human immune system, and dysfunction in these c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2020
Cardiology
Nowadays, the health benefits of exercise seem to be advertised everywhere. While it is true that exercise has many bene
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 07, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have announced that an experimental drug showed promising results for a rare and inherited form of amyotroph
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, is a rare but devastatingly debilitating neurologic disease in children caused by a resp
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There is great promise, as well as serious risks in gene therapy. Many diseases can be traced back to an error or mutati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The microbial pathogens of the world have shown us how powerful they can be, most recently proven by the current pandemi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When children have a rare genetic disease and do not have access to whole-genome sequencing and the analysis it requires
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2020
Cancer
Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers around the world. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a sub-typ
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAY 26, 2020
Cardiology
In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers are advising healthcare professionals t
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
MAY 26, 2020
Immunology
The immune landscape is staggeringly complex, with a myriad of genetically and functionally distinct immune cell subpopu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 09, 2020
Microbiology
Once thought to be mostly unaffected by the virus, rare cases of an inflammatory syndrome are emerging in some kids that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Creating a drug from scratch is a lengthy process. Often taking years, given the rate of infection and deadliness of COV
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The accumulation of aberrant, misfolded proteins is a known feature of several different kinds of brain diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A therapeutic used for the treatment of schizophrenia could be a gateway for targeting glioblastoma, one of the deadlies
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 21, 2020
Cardiology
Fewer and fewer people have heart attacks in the US thanks to improved lifestyle factors, such as a general reduction in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Whole genome sequencing on schizophrenia patients reveals variations that affect genomic architecture are more common in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The spinal column develops from a row of structures called somites, which bud off sequentially in a process called somit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch