We Care For SMA: Fighting Spinal Muscular Atrophy Organised At Bangalore Baptist Hospital The world over, August is commemorated as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) awareness month. SMA, a progressive disease...
Eight Centres of Excellence (CoEs) have been identified for diagnosis, prevention and treatment under National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021 Provision for financial support of up to Rs. 50 lakhs...
Abstract Rare diseases are those diseases that are not seen frequently in a population. There are about 7000 rare diseases that have been identified worldwide, and 80% of them are...
State Govt Runs Out Of Funding Under National Rare Diseases Policy; Companies Hesitant To Help Because Of CSR Norms Nawajuddhin turned 3-year-old on August 4. He suffers from a rare...
The children, most of whom are below 15 years, have rare congenital diseases called Gaucher disease, Fabry disease and Fanconi anaemia, among others. Over 300 children in India with rare...
54 children seek financial help in enrolling for clinical trials of new drug The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s stand on extending financial assistance to an ongoing clinical...
In its efforts to provide faster diagnosis and new therapeutic options for rare diseases, the Karnataka government is now setting up a Research and Training Unit for Rare Diseases which...
Comprehensive genetic counselling will be undertaken for around 2,500 families with rare disorders The Karnataka government has launched a research and training unit for rare diseases. The unit will strengthen...
Time is considered to be one of the most precious elements for humans. In the case of people suffering from rare diseases, the criticality of time cannot be overemphasised because...
HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old child with a rare genetic disorder ‘Alagille Syndrome’ was successfully treated with a liver transplant in a city-based hospital. The child was only 12kg and 105cm. His...
