For nearly a decade, scientists have known that HIV integrates itself into genes in cells that have the potential to
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COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distancing, contact tracing
In-school COVID-19 transmission is rare—even among close school contacts of those who test positive for the virus—when schools heed public
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No deal Brexit could have detrimental impact for people in UK living with a rare disease
Experts have warned that a ‘no deal’ Brexit will result in the exclusion of the UK from the 24 European
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Non-hereditary mutation acts as natural gene therapy in patient with rare disease
Researchers affiliated with the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC (ctcusp.org/rationale-2/presentation)) in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, have identified for the first time
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New study reveals undetected rare neurodegenerative disorder that looks like Parkinson’s disease
A joint study by the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH) revealed that patients who have been
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COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rare inborn immune disorders
A new research report reveals that 94 individuals with rare inherited immune disorders, otherwise known as primary immunodeficiency (PID), who
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Next-generation sequencing to provide precision medicine for rare metabolic disorders
An international team of scientists from Switzerland Spain, has studied the genetic basis of aromatase deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder
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Researchers discover gene for rare disease of excess bone tissue growth
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a second gene that causes melorheostosis, a rare group of conditions
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Mother shocked to find out her back pain was a rare childhood cancer
Mother, 20, whose GP said her back pain was sciatica is diagnosed with a rare CANCER which is normally only
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has disco bath built to give comfort to daughter with rare genetic condition
A little girl with a rare genetic disorder has found comfort in a specially made disco bathtub. Ailey Wales, five,
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