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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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SEP 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 01, 2016Cardiology
A series of genetic disorders, some rare and some common, are connected to a heart condition that can cause sudden cardi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 26, 2016Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Cancer
Blue and green eyes are exotic and beautiful, but researchers are finding that there’s a price attached to these c ...JUL 29, 2016Cancer
Cancer is thought to be an affliction of modern age – a result of exposure to environmental and dietary carcinogen ...JUL 23, 2016Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUL 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, ominously titled “The Lick of Death,” doctors report friendly licks from her beloved Italian ...JUN 27, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 02, 2016Health & Medicine
For newborns in neonatal intensive care units with rare and complex diseases that doctors do not come across on a regula ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2016Cardiology
Recent studies analyzing the global burden of atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in the blood vessels that leads to co ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from blood cells as they age, called LOY, and that loss appears to be compounded by so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2016Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Prion diseases are rare and deadly diseases of the brain. Once infected, the prion particles self-propagates and convert ...APR 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t ...MAR 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d ...FEB 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi ...FEB 11, 2016Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 07, 2016Videos
The pace of technology, medicine, and science advancement is faster now than ever before. We've innovated vaccines that ...
SEP 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Cardiology
A series of genetic disorders, some rare and some common, are connected to a heart condition that can cause sudden cardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2016
Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Cancer
Blue and green eyes are exotic and beautiful, but researchers are finding that there’s a price attached to these c
...
JUL 29, 2016
Cancer
Cancer is thought to be an affliction of modern age – a result of exposure to environmental and dietary carcinogen
...
JUL 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUL 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, ominously titled “The Lick of Death,” doctors report friendly licks from her beloved Italian
...
JUN 27, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 80,000 people die each year worldwide due to brain inflammation diseases, and it’s hard to know how many of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
For newborns in neonatal intensive care units with rare and complex diseases that doctors do not come across on a regula
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2016
Cardiology
Recent studies analyzing the global burden of atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in the blood vessels that leads to co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from blood cells as they age, called LOY, and that loss appears to be compounded by so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prion diseases are rare and deadly diseases of the brain. Once infected, the prion particles self-propagates and convert
...
APR 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t
...
MAR 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d
...
FEB 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi
...
FEB 11, 2016
Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2016
Videos
The pace of technology, medicine, and science advancement is faster now than ever before. We've innovated vaccines that
...