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What is in it This practical kit shares best practices and tools that advocates have used to support innovation and offers practical advice on how to make a difference for rare disease patients. With

What we will talk about in this webinar Alex Perera, from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, will explain how Share4Rare follows the European privacy regulation for the collection, usage and

The use of internet as a health information source has increasingly grown in the last decades. Expressions like Dr. Google or google it, referring to the search for information aimed to clarify our

Share4Rare enables rare disease families around the world to connect, offering a secure social network that creates a safe haven for talking to peers and clinicians. The multi-tier validation

The 229th ENMC international workshop, entitled ‘Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies – Nomenclature and reformed Classification’ took place from the 17th to the 19th of March 2017 in Naarden (The

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a patient’s journey «It was a sunny Sunday morning in the middle of September. Amy was playing in the local playground under the watchful eye of her parents, trying to

The main aim of the WDO Member Meeting was to gather patient organizations, scientists, researchers and experts working in the Duchenne field to share and build on each other’s knowledge to create

Rare diseases affect less than 5 of every 10,000 people, with 80% being children. Share4Rare is born from the need to connect and join patients with rare diseases from all over the world. Our greatest

What is RareHacks? RareHacks is a hackathon event that brings you the opportunity to apply data science tools, including machine learning and natural language processing algorithms, to a real

European Reference Networks (ERNs) are virtual networks involving healthcare providers across Europe who aim to tackle complex or rare diseases and conditions. There are 24 ERNs involving 25 European

Lucas was born with some birthmarks on his skin. These giant marks appear due to a defect in the melanocytes during the embryonic development. These cells are responsible for producing melanin, the

What is DMD? DMD is a disorder that mainly affects boys and is characterized by progressive muscular degeneration and atrophy. It is caused by mutations in the gene encoding dystrophin, a protein that