🦓 "For the last decade or so, the number of accepted rare diseases has stood between 7,000 and 8,000, though the number had been ticking up. RareX's
Power of Being Counted report, published in June 2022, now puts the number of recognized rare diseases at
10,867, an increase of more than one-third. According to the report, the earlier estimates failed to represent the full spectrum of these diseases.
Overlooking distinctions between diseases can have cascading effects on research, diagnosis, and treatment, so arriving at a more accurate count of the number of rare diseases indicates significant progress in the way patients are categorized and therefore how treatments can be developed." #gettingadiagnosis #betterDiagnosis #umbrellaDiagnosis
Read the article here.
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Daniel DeFabio
Global Genes
Director of community engagement
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