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Share4Rare’s first RareHacks hackathon was celebrated on July 5-7th in Barcelona . In total, 45 participants were involved in building an innovative chatbot to solve the challenge regarding the

Cells replicate obeying to extra and intracellular signaling pathways. External signaling includes stimuli from hormones , inflammatory factors or other external influences that can alter the cells

This weekend the Share4Rare hackathon RareHacks took place in Barcelona . During these three days, over 45 data scientists, computer scientists and clinicians joined forces in response to the needs of

It was one year ago, in the summer of 2018, when I attended my first meeting of the Consortium of the Share4Rare project . The project had been going on for a while and the foundations were laid, but

The Sturge-Weber syndrome is characterized by the deficient development of certain blood vessels, leading to structural abnormalities; especially in the brain, skin and eyes. Three features are

Lluís Montoliu is a pioneer in the introduction, use and dissemination of CRISPR technology in Spain. Author of more than a hundred scientific articles, he has been involved in the field of biomedical

" Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by the progressive loss of muscle . Duchenne is caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes for dystrophin , a protein that is

If you have ever attended a talk on the topic of gamification, you will have noticed that a concept is on everyone’s lips: motivation . And rightly so: it is one of the cornerstones to understanding

Markel lives with his parents, María and Vicen, and his older sister Carlota in Urnieta, a small town near San Sebastián, Basque Country (Spain). He will become 13 in August, but he looks much younger

One of the greatest challenges that rare disease patients and families have to face is the feeling of loneliness . This emotion is present during the diagnostic process — which may last for years —

Because of the low index of metastasis in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs), surgery is normally the preferred and best option. The surgical resection of the tumour can be definite and

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are more commonly referred to as IMTs . Their name comes after two different types of cells: “Myo” comes from the greek term “ Myos ”, which means muscle, and