Collaboration matters when looking for answers to undiagnosed diseases
It used to be that identifying genes involved in a particular disease was like finding a needle in a haystack. Nowadays, scientists still have to
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Rare Diseases
Supporting those with rare diseases
In the United States, a disease is considered rare if it affects less than 200,000 Americans. With almost 7,000 diseases classified as rare, the National Institutes
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Coping through connection: Rare disease support communities
Ben Munoz, a first-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, isn’t a typical student. His experiences led him to create an online support group,
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