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He National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation $5.8 million to work toward easier diagnosis and better treatment options for Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune condition.

Researchers described ongoing work to "understand the discrete and overlapping endotypes that underlie the phenotypes" of psoriatic disease and to develop a diagnostic test for psoriatic arthritis.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have linked specific variants or mutations of the gene myocardin-related transcription factor B (MRTFB) with a novel neurodevelopmental disorder.

The Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation (UDNF) joins forces with patient advocacy organizations around the globe to shine a light on undiagnosed diseases.

Mutations of the ATG4D gene which is associated with autophagy have been linked to a rare neurological disorder in children that causes a range of motor coordination and speech problems.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new neurological condition characterized by issues with motor coordination and speech. They report their findings in npj Genomic Medicine.

Her memory was failing, she couldn’t walk without a cane and felt increasingly helpless. Read more at Boston.com.

Despite what the name would suggest, rare diseases are not rare at all, in fact they are "extraordinarily c...

Readers react to Ross Douthat’s account of his health travails and the exotic treatments he tried.

1 2021-07-03 07:50:22Xinhua Editor : Zhang Dongfang ECNS App Download The realization of zero malaria status by African countries by 2030 could be within reach thanks to technical support provided by China to help combat the tropical disease, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. Akpaka Kalu, Team leader, Tropical and Vector-borne Diseases Program at WHO Regional Office for Africa said strategic collaboration with China has reinvigorated the continents battle wit...