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...
Maggie Carmichael wasn’t developing like other kids. As a toddler, she wasn’t walking and had a limited vocabulary for her age. She was diagnosed with PMM2-CDG, potentially fatal gene mutations...
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...
The woman, whom the disease might not have given a few months to live, was discharged from the hospital on July 23 in good condition and full blood count recovery...
According to data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the IMR was 21 per 1,000 live births in Karnataka in 2019, whereas the all-India average was 30....
The Health department has distributed drugs for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) free of cost to 14 children with the rare disease, Health Minister, Veena George, has said in a statement....
