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Boston, MA – A new international consensus report on precision medicine in diabetes prevention and care highlights the significant advancements in precision medicine in diabetes prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis while also shedding light on numerous knowledge gaps. The report, Second international consensus report on gaps and opportunities for the...
Baltimore, Maryland – An international academic consortium has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes. The analysis, conducted by 23 experts from 11 countries, was led by The Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the Chinese...
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in collaboration with Sanofi’s Global Health Unit (GHU), is taking significant steps to improve access to diabetes care. The collaboration aims to support the early diagnosis, management and prevention of diabetes and its complications by training a minimum of 4,000 healthcare professionals...
Cincinnati, OH – The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) celebrated its 25th annual family education and information conference in Leesburg, VA this Memorial Day weekend entitled “Celebrating the Torch Within”. Over 250 families and dozens of clinicians and researchers from across the United States participated in this annual event which...
Barcelona, Spain – An international team of scientists led by ICREA researcher and Director of the Life Sciences Department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Alfonso Valencia, has developed a technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) for the study of orphan diseases and has successfully...
BUFFALO, NY- February 12, 2024 – A new research paper was published in Oncotarget’s Volume 15 entitled, “Differential expression of Mad2 gene is consequential to the patterns of histone H3 post-translational modifications in its promoter region in human esophageal cancer samples.” Raw areca nut (AN) consumption increases esophageal squamous cell...
Amanda Hamacher was in grade school when she began to lose her sight and hearing as a result of a rare genetic disorder called Alstrom syndrome. Now, the 21-year-old cannot see and has severe hearing loss. Yet, she enjoys a newfound sense of freedom thanks to a program sponsored by...
Intestinal permeability and an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine are both associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). These findings are revealed in a new study in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the...
Hello everyone! My name is Claire Bevec and I’m so excited to announce my monthly column that I will be writing for Harmony 4 Hope. I am so thankful for this opportunity to share some of the most beautiful stories about life with a rare disease. Each month I will...