Report - 2nd day of the International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 in People with Rare Diseases
Emotional support to the affected people: the role of patient organizations and virtual communities Roberta Anido de Pena (president of FADEPOF) opened the session with a panel that discussed the role
Report - 1st day of the International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 in People with Rare Diseases
The opening of the congress was led by Patricia García, medical director of the Garrahan Hospital, a reference centre for rare diseases in Argentina. García explained the challenge that COVID-19
An Interview with Marjolein van Kessel — President of Naevus Global
Thank you, Marjolein, for taking the time to be interviewed! Could you please give us a bit of background about congenital melanocytic naevi and the issues associated with them? A congenital
International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 on People with Rare Diseases
The International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 on People with Rare Diseases will be held on November 9-11 th 2020 and it is organized by the Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's Hospital
World Duchenne Awareness Day: "Together, we are stronger"
This year's awareness campaign ‘ Together, we are stronger ’ was translated in 15 languages and collected over 1,000,000 views globally. This impressive number was reached due to an amazing
Data for a difference — The Share4Rare research feature for patient organisations
Violeta Astratinei is a Ph.D. biologist with a background in environmental research. After she lost her sister to melanoma in 2014, she became a core member of Melanoma Patient Network Europe, MPNE
Gemma Marfany: "Researchers, patients and families must come together to fight rare diseases"
Gemma Marfany is a professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Barcelona (UB) and head of Unit U718 at CIBERER, the Spanish biomedical research centre for rare diseases. She is also a
World Duchenne Awareness Day 2020: Duchenne and the brain
Learning and behavioural challenges in DMD and BMD Both conditions are characterised by progressive muscle breakdown. A certain part of the DNA is missing, duplicated, or changed so the code cannot be
New webinar — Patient advocates fostering research in oncology: the Share4Rare experience
One of the pillars of Share4Rare is to enhance collaborative research. For that purpose, at the end of 2019 the platform started piloting four research projects concerning several groups of rare
ASCO 2020 — Free learning opportunity for patients!
ASCO Annual Meetings are great opportunity for healthcare professionals and patients advocates all over the world to follow the latest scientific news in cancer research. Exceptionally this year, in
New registry to better understand how COVID-19 affects people with rare diseases
In the current global pandemic due to COVID-19, patients affected by a rare disease are a doubly vulnerable group: on the one hand, many of the rare pathologies put patients at a higher risk of
What is a patient registry?
A patient registry collects information about patients who are affected by a particular condition. Registries are databases containing quantitative and qualitative data about the patients. In rare