Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Biohub to open new rare disease funding round

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Biohub will offer new grants to the rare disease community while expanding its AI drug ...
The University of Texas at Arlington

UTA rethinks Ph.D. training in rare disease

Dennis Lal, executive director of the Center for Innovation in Health Informatics, speaks at Rare Disease Family Foundations Symposium. (UTA Photo) The University of Texas at Arlington is creating a ...
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One gene, many roles: How DNA makes rare diseases look different in every patient

New Delhi: When most people think about genetic diseases, they imagine a simple connection: one faulty gene causes one specific illness. In reality, genetics is far more complex. Doctors and ...
CNBC

Every Cure’s drug repurposing strategy isn't what you think, and it could change rare disease treatment

Every Cure is using AI to seek new uses for the roughly 4,000 existing drugs, and cutting traditional preliminary research timelines from as much as 100 days to as little as 17 hours. Treatment for a ...
MarketWatch

EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases Emboldens Advocates and Urges Congress to Prioritize Patients During 15th Annual Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- From February 24-26, 2026, the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases (EveryLife Foundation) convened hundreds of patients, caregivers, advocates, ...

Genomic tool highly effective at detecting rare disease diagnoses

A newly developed open-source tool designed for rigorous reanalysis of genomic data is highly effective at detecting new rare disease diagnoses. The tool's ability to frequently and automatically ...
The Scientist

Genetic Models Underestimate Rare Disease Prevalence

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are affected by rare diseases. Behind every case is a family enduring a diagnostic odyssey that can last for years. To improve how public health systems help ...
University of California

From Rett and Pitt-Hopkins to ALS: 5 rare diseases UC San Diego researchers are tackling in the lab

Alone, rare diseases are uncommon, each affecting 200,000 people or less in the U.S. Combined, however, they're anything but, affecting nearly 10% of Americans — and posing a significant public health ...
Nature

Dose-finding and optimization in drug development for rare diseases

Determining the dose of a drug that is most likely to be effective and safe is a key part of any drug development programme, but is a particular challenge for drugs for rare diseases because so few ...
News Medical

Accelerating rare disease diagnosis with Mondo

Coryssa Barnes, of Henderson, N.C., welcomed her first child, Ezra, in 2020. At four months old, he was unable to sit without support. As time went on, he failed to reach other developmental ...
Morningstar

EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases Emboldens Advocates and Urges Congress to Prioritize Patients During 15th Annual Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- From February 24-26, 2026, the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases (EveryLife Foundation) convened hundreds of patients, caregivers, advocates, ...