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    Joan Carles does not forget that day: “Júlia was diagnosed on May 29th 2018, when she was a few months old. The symptom that she presented at that time was the strabismus of the left eye. That was
  • COVID-19, an additional burden for melanoma and all cancer patients

    Violeta, thank you for taking the time for this interview. You have recently conducted a research study into how COVID affected melanoma patients in Romania. Can you tell us something about what you
  • The burden of care

    Gilly, thank you for taking the time for this interview. When thinking about cancer, many will think about the burden of disease- you have however argued for a long time that there is also a burden of
  • Meeting the partners — Cliclab

    Cliclab is a transformative agent whose objective is to innovate the approach of entrepreneurs and companies with new methods. Cliclab is a personal and corporate transformation agency or, as they
  • Interview to Àngels Puigvert — Mother of a girl with megalencephaly-capillary malformation syndrome

    Àngels Puigvert's life is anything but calm, but he was able to find some time to answer some questions about her daughter and the work carried out by her association. Thank you Àngels! "Queralt was
  • Research study on neuromuscular diseases: interactive session with families

    In this session we will explain the Share4Rare research project on neuromuscular diseases. This study collects information about quality of life/burden of the pathology and the impact of the disease
  • Research Study for NMD: interactive session with UK families

    In this session we will explain the Share4Rare research project on neuromuscular diseases. This study collects information about quality of life/burden of the pathology and the impact of the disease
  • Dr. Pablo Barvosa: "Data sharing will help us know COVID-19 better"

    He has been one of the thinking heads of our international registry of patients with COVID-19 and rare diseases. Dr. Pablo Barvosa is a pediatrician with extensive experience in the Argentinian health
  • COVID-19 and rare diseases: boosting research to improve care

    As part of the recent celebration of Rare Disease Day, the CREER Foundation (Spanish reference care centre for rare diseases) held an open day for professionals and affected people to share the latest
  • Tips for taking care of young caregivers. Let’s help those who help.

    Young and adult caregivers’ emotional and physical health are usually highly affected: anxiety, depression or feelings of isolation, lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating habits, etc. In this
  • What are the causes of neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors (pNETs)?

    Genetic origin of pNETs As it seems, there are several risk factors that may make a child or adolescent more likely to develop a neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor or pNET. These risk factors are
  • What is Proteus syndrome? Symptomatology and genetic origin

    As we mentioned in a previous article, PI3K related overgrowth syndromes, which include Proteus syndrome, have been linked to a mutation in AKT, (in this case the isoform AKT I) and has a prevalence