Orphan or Rare Diseases

Congenital syphilis as the cause of multiple bone fractures in a young infant case report

Tue, 2022-12-20 06:00

BMC Pediatr. 2022 Dec 21;22(1):728. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03789-y.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36539748 | PMC:PMC9768959 | DOI:10.1186/s12887-022-03789-y

Categories: Literature Watch

Rare disease education in Europe and beyond: time to act

Mon, 2022-12-19 06:00

Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Dec 19;17(1):441. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02527-y.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36536417 | DOI:10.1186/s13023-022-02527-y

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Cholangiocarcinome: successes and pitfalls of personalized medicine for a rare disease

Mon, 2022-12-19 06:00

Bull Cancer. 2022 Nov;109(11S):11S1-11S2. doi: 10.1016/S0007-4551(22)00462-3.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36535757 | DOI:10.1016/S0007-4551(22)00462-3

Categories: Literature Watch

The transition of children with rare diseases from pediatric to adult care

Sun, 2022-12-18 06:00

Orv Hetil. 2022 Dec 18;163(51):2021-2026. doi: 10.1556/650.2022.32660. Print 2022 Dec 18.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36528825 | DOI:10.1556/650.2022.32660

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Patients' work and fluid trajectories: Access to medicines for oncological and rare diseases in Russia

Sat, 2022-12-17 06:00

Soc Sci Med. 2023 Jan;317:115613. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115613. Epub 2022 Dec 10.

ABSTRACT

Health policy studies usually conceptualise access to medicines as a result of the institutional configuration of policies, legislation, and pharmaceutical markets. This study adopts a different approach that stems from the sociology of health and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Based on an ethnographically inspired qualitative research of access practices of patients with oncological and rare diseases in Russia, we argue that access to medicines is a fluid and unstable trajectory constructed by the everyday practices of patients. Instead of seeing patients as passive recipients of institutionally arranged access, we focus on their practices of building access and identify four types of work they do to steer their access trajectories in the desired direction. These types of work include persisting work, complying work, adjusting work, and knowing work. In many studies of access, these types of work remain invisible, and thus the efforts and skills that patients need to make access possible remain unnoticed, undervalued, and unaccounted for.

PMID:36527895 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115613

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NGLY1 deficiency: estimated incidence, clinical features, and genotypic spectrum from the NGLY1 Registry

Sat, 2022-12-17 06:00

Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Dec 17;17(1):440. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02592-3.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36528660 | PMC:PMC9759919 | DOI:10.1186/s13023-022-02592-3

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Orphan rare diseases - The unified airways and its importance for the otorhinolaryngologist

Sat, 2022-12-17 06:00

Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Nov-Dec;88 Suppl 5:S1-S3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.12.003.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36528358 | DOI:10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.12.003

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Rare EIF4A2 variants are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability, hypotonia, and epilepsy

Sat, 2022-12-17 06:00

Am J Hum Genet. 2022 Dec 15:S0002-9297(22)00502-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.11.011. Online ahead of print.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36528028 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.11.011

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Low grade serous ovarian cancer - A rare disease with increasing therapeutic options

Fri, 2022-12-16 06:00

Cancer Treat Rev. 2023 Jan;112:102497. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2022.102497. Epub 2022 Dec 10.

ABSTRACT

High-grade serous ovarian cancers (HGSOCs) most commonly arise from the fimbrial end of the fallopian tube and harbor TP53 gene mutations. In contrast, low-grade serous ovarian cancers (LGSOCs) appear to have different pathological, epidemiological, and clinical features and should be seen as a distinct serous epithelial ovarian cancer subtype. Our current understanding of LGSOC is limited, and treatment has generally been derived from the more common HGSOCs due to a lack of separate trial data. LGSOCs are characterized by slow tumor growth and are assumed to develop from serous borderline ovarian tumors as precursors. These cancers are often estrogen-receptor positive and show an activated mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway together with KRAS and BRAF mutations and, rarely, TP53 mutations. These characteristics are now commonly used to guide therapeutical decision making and, consequently, a substantial part of treatment consists of maintenance with endocrine treatment, thus balancing disease stabilization and mild toxicity. Additionally, new trials are ongoing that examine the role of targeted therapies such as MEK inhibitors in combination with endocrine treatments. The purpose of this work is to summarize current knowledge and present ongoing trial efforts for LGSOCs.

PMID:36525716 | DOI:10.1016/j.ctrv.2022.102497

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Identification of differentially methylated regions in rare diseases from a single-patient perspective

Fri, 2022-12-16 06:00

Clin Epigenetics. 2022 Dec 16;14(1):174. doi: 10.1186/s13148-022-01403-7.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36527161 | PMC:PMC9758859 | DOI:10.1186/s13148-022-01403-7

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Brother of Cure Rare Disease CEO Dies in Trial of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapy

Fri, 2022-12-16 06:00

Hum Gene Ther. 2022 Dec;33(23-24):1224-1227. doi: 10.1089/hum.2022.29228.bfs.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36525519 | DOI:10.1089/hum.2022.29228.bfs

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Needs of informal caregivers of people with a rare disease: a rapid review of the literature

Fri, 2022-12-16 06:00

BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 12;12(12):e063263. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063263.

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PMID:36523233 | PMC:PMC9748923 | DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063263

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Blended Phenotype of Prader-Willi Syndrome and HSP-<em>SPG11</em> Caused by Maternal Uniparental Isodisomy

Fri, 2022-12-16 06:00

Neurol Genet. 2022 Nov 23;8(6):e200041. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000200041. eCollection 2022 Dec.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36524102 | PMC:PMC9747140 | DOI:10.1212/NXG.0000000000200041

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Sequencing projects will screen 200,000 newborns for disease

Thu, 2022-12-15 06:00

Science. 2022 Dec 16;378(6625):1159. doi: 10.1126/science.adg2858. Epub 2022 Dec 15.

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U.K. and New York City efforts face cost and ethical issues.

PMID:36520905 | DOI:10.1126/science.adg2858

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Towards FAIRification of sensitive and fragmented rare disease patient data: challenges and solutions in European reference network registries

Wed, 2022-12-14 06:00

Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Dec 14;17(1):436. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02558-5.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36517834 | DOI:10.1186/s13023-022-02558-5

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Quality assessment and refinement of chromatin accessibility data using a sequence-based predictive model

Mon, 2022-12-12 06:00

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Dec 20;119(51):e2212810119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2212810119. Epub 2022 Dec 12.

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PMID:36508674 | DOI:10.1073/pnas.2212810119

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Long-Term Characteristics of Human-Derived Biliary Organoids under a Single Continuous Culture Condition

Sun, 2022-12-11 06:00

Cells. 2022 Nov 27;11(23):3797. doi: 10.3390/cells11233797.

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PMID:36497057 | DOI:10.3390/cells11233797

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Testicular schistosomiasis: a systematic review of the literature

Sat, 2022-12-10 06:00

Can J Urol. 2022 Dec;29(6):11366-11370.

NO ABSTRACT

PMID:36495578

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Can a New Comprehensive Treatment Approach Bring Dawn to Patients with Rare Disease

Fri, 2022-12-09 06:00

Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Feb;90(2):201. doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04423-6. Epub 2022 Dec 10.

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PMID:36494514 | DOI:10.1007/s12098-022-04423-6

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Exploring alternative financing models and early access schemes for orphan drugs: a Belgian case study

Fri, 2022-12-09 06:00

Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Dec 9;17(1):429. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02571-8.

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PMID:36494733 | PMC:PMC9733299 | DOI:10.1186/s13023-022-02571-8

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