by CheckRare Staff | Jun 26, 2023
Chadi Nabhan, MD, of Caris Life Sciences, summarizes the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance and some of the abstracts the alliance presented at ASCO 2023. The Precision Oncology Alliance includes partnerships with 83 cancer centers and academic...
by CheckRare Staff | Jun 23, 2023
Jordi Duran, PhD, Associate Professor at Institut Químic de Sarrià in Barcelona, and Niki Markou, parent of a child with Lafora disease, discuss the symptoms and pathophysiology of Lafora Disease. Lafora disease is a rare neurodegenerative condition that...
by CheckRare Staff | Jun 22, 2023
Jordi Duran, PhD, Associate Professor at Institut Químic de Sarrià in Barcelona, and Niki Markou, parent of a child with Lafora disease, discuss the documentary Fighting the Rare. Brothers Jordi and Jaume Duran created the documentary “Fighting the...
by CheckRare Staff | Jun 16, 2023
Alexandra Gaudlap, the founder of VAMP2.org and the Raging Raymond Foundation, discusses her son’s VAMP2 diagnostic journey. VAMP2 stands for vesical-associated membrane protein 2. The VAMP2 gene encodes it. The protein is expressed in neurons and is...
by CheckRare Staff | Jun 8, 2023
Brittany Cudzilo, a parent of two children with galactosemia, describes her daughter’s experience in a clinical trial testing a new treatment for this rare condition. Galactosemia is a rare, autosomal recessive, inborn error of metabolism. It is characterized by the...
