Enhancing equitable access to rare disease diagnosis and treatment around the world: a review of evidence, policies, and challenges

T Adachi, AW El-Hattab, R Jain… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This document provides a comprehensive summary of evidence on the current situation of
rare diseases (RDs) globally and regionally, including conditions, practices, policies, and …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring new horizons: Empowering computer-assisted drug design with few-shot learning

S Silva-Mendonça, AR de Sousa Vitória… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Computational approaches have revolutionized the field of drug discovery, collectively
known as Computer-Assisted Drug Design (CADD). Advancements in computing power …

Social determinants of health and primary immunodeficiency

Y DInur-Schejter, P Stepensky - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are rare genetic conditions affecting the immune
system. The rate of IEI and their presentation, course, and treatment are all affected by a …

CRISPR-based tools for fighting rare diseases

Q Li, Y Gao, H Wang - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rare diseases affect the life of a tremendous number of people globally. The CRISPR-Cas
system emerged as a powerful genome engineering tool and has facilitated the …

[HTML][HTML] Social networks and social support: Parents experiences in the management of thalassemia, a complex lifelong inherited blood disorder, in the indigenous …

B Palanisamy, K Kosalram, S Chinnaiyan - Clinical Epidemiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Thalassemia is the most serious and rare genetic blood disorder and requires
regular blood transfusions and lifelong medical care. Indigenous people living in low–and …

Distinct positions of genetic and oral histories: Perspectives from India

A Biddanda, E Bandyopadhyay… - Human Genetics and …, 2024 - cell.com
Over the past decade, genomic data have contributed to several insights on global human
population histories. These studies have been met both with interest and critically …

Plasminogen missense variants and their involvement in cardiovascular and inflammatory disease

T Brito-Robinson, YA Ayinuola, VA Ploplis… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Human plasminogen (PLG), the zymogen of the fibrinolytic protease, plasmin, is a
polymorphic protein with two widely distributed codominant alleles, PLG/Asp453 and …

The diagnostic utility of exome‐based carrier screening in families with a positive family history

UH Kotecha, M Mistri, P Rayabarapu… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identification of disease‐causing variants in families with a history of a suspected recessive
disorder is essential for appropriate counseling and reproductive decision making. The …

[HTML][HTML] A novel cohesinopathy causing chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction in 2 siblings and literature review

V Venkatesh, A Aneja, K Seetharaman… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnmjournal.org
Discussion Small bowel and colon are commonly involved segments in children with CIPO,
though it can involve any part of the GI tract. Due to its rarity, lack of knowledge regarding the …

Cost-effective Whole Exome Sequencing discovers pathogenic variant causing Neurofibromatosis type 1 in a family from Jammu and Kashmir, India

A Spolia, A Angural, V Sharma, Shipra, S Razdan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a multisystemic hereditary disorder associated
with an increased risk of benign and malignant tumor formation predominantly on the skin …