Humane Resources: Funding Restrictions in Rare Rheumatic Diseases
As any rheumatologist knows, most non-medical individuals don’t really know what ‘rheumatology’ is. Not so much of a bad reputation, as no reputation. Relatives and […]
Genetics
App-based tool for clinicians using facial recognition, AI and genetic big data to improve rare disease diagnosis and treatment
Boston startup FDNA, which makes a suite of apps called Face2Gene that use facial analysis, artificial intelligence and genomic insights in hopes of improving diagnoses […]
A New Gene Therapy Cure Just Treated Its First-Ever Patient
Rarefied Cures This March, a child with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) became the second commercial gene therapy patient ever. The patient started receiving a drug […]
In a Heartbeat: Understanding autoinflammation (Pittsburgh)
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has recruited Dr. Scott Canna to research autoinflammatory disorders, which can cause the body’s immune system to attack its […]
Researchers Unlock An Immunity ‘Black Box’
A research team led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital immunologists has revealed a previously unknown immune machinery that goes awry to trigger the inflammatory […]