The African Society for Human Genetics (AfSHG) and the Southern African Society for Human Genetics (SASHG) are co-hosting the 2011 joint AfSHG and SASHG Conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town from 6th to 9th March, 2011. This will be the first time that South Africa will...
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The New York State Department of Health is pleased to announce Genetic Diseases of Children: Advancing Research & Care. This national conference brings together the worlds of health, science, government, and industry with the families who look to them for answers. For information and registration please contact the Conference Website
Building on the success of the annual Genomic Disorders meetings held at Hinxton since 2007, Genomic Disorders 2011 presents an exciting blend of genomic science and clinical medicine. Our meeting aims to bring together scientists and clinicians interested in genomic variation in humans and the mechanisms by which it exerts...
The International Alkaptonuria Conference taking place in Cambridge on 10-11 January 2011 promises to be an exciting event that will accelerate the quest for a treatment for AKU, the first genetic disease ever discovered. AKU is a metabolic disorder that causes an extreme form of osteoarthritis. We are the forefront...
PF Summit 2011: From Bench to Bedside, will be held at the Marriott Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL on December 1-3, 2011, and will feature innovative continuing medical education programs for pulmonologists to improve their clinical understanding of IPF, as well as a patient program to address the growing educational...
This international conference provides a unique focus on the challenges facing therapy development for inherited neuromuscular diseases. The conference sessions will look at the range of issues involved in therapy development in inherited neuromuscular diseases as well as discussing the lastest research developments in this area. Sessions will include: Natural...
This international conference is being held by the European Polio Union, and The Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims. For further details please contact the Conference Web Site
This meeting will provide the participants with an opportunity for not only contributing their knowledge and experience, but also for interacting with each other. Deadline for abstract submission: 28 February 2011. For further details please contact the Meeting Web Site
A global meeting on international cooperation and public health policies focussing on research, diagnosis, development of and access to treatment and care for rare diseases. The programme for this conference will be available shortly. For further details plee contact the Meeting Web Site
The meeting will cover all aspects of these disorders, including the discovery of novel types, the study of fundamental aspects of glycosylation, analytical procedures and diagnostic methods and the analysis of models for the disease. The meeting is organised by EUROGLYCANET, a European network for the advancement of research, diagnosis...
The event will be focused on orphan therapies and will guarantee all participants access to today’s most relevant case studies and views which directly affect their future business plans and can assist them to maximise market and patient access. For further details about this event please contact the Web Site...
Showcasing leading commercial strategies and orphan drug successes, and offering insight into the successful development, authorisation and reimbursement of rare disease drugs. For further details please contact the Congress Web Site
The topics of this year’s European Platform for Patients’ Organizations, Science and Industry workshop will include: Science – the determinants of rare disease research in Europe: understanding the current and future European Research and Development challenges and opportunities; Regulation – Europe and beyond: developing future regulations and policies for better...
This seminar presents current studies that contribute to a fuller understanding of the pathogenesis, epidemiology and outcomes of encephalitis. For further details please contact the Seminar’s Web Site
The 3rd European Symposium on Rare Anaemias is an activity of the ENERCA project, which aims to stimulate interest and inform colleagues on the subject of congenital and rare anaemias. The programme will address prevention, diagnosis, treatment and includes an interactive workshop with patient panellists and doctors, focusing not only...
The aim of the workshop is to help formulate concrete recommendations that will lead to: Greater involvement of patients in the HTA process; Better targeted allocation of limited resources to the most effective treatments and practices; More streamlined co-ordination and engagement between HTA agencies and patients; and Faster access to...
Main topics include monogenic disorders, clinical genetics and dysmorphology, cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics, and other relevant subjects, as well as workshops on Egyption PKU genotypes, genodermatoses, clinical genetics discussion of rare diseases, and much more. For further details, please contact the Conference Web Site
The meeting will bring together physicians and scientists interested in these diseases to meet face-to-face and facilitate interactions. The goal is to identify areas of research opportunity that will promote understanding of the causes and provide experimental and clinical justification for novel treatments of pemphigus and pemphigoid. For further details...
The nervous system is a major target in inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). Neuro-metabolic disorders constitute an expanding and complex field in which it is difficult to acquire a specific education and training From the perspective of IEM specialists, disorders presenting exclusively with neurological manifestations generally have a more difficult...
Early diagnosis and management of newborns and infants with inherited metabolic disorders is essential to the affected children’s outcome. However the quick and correct recognition of specific inherited metabolic disease in neonates is a challenge for neonatologists. It may be diffi cult, especially in critically ill neonates, to distinguish between...