Monthly Archives: February 2016

Rare disease research helps us understand medicine for all diseases

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Earlier this year, Findacure, in conjunction with Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, announced the winner of its student essay competition on rare diseases (The Student Voice). European medical and biological undergraduate students gave their rare disease opinions, experience, and knowledge, in response to one of three topic choices. While the overall winning essay by Roberta Garau is set for publication in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, we are proud to bring you some of our top choices in this week leading up to Rare Disease Day.

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AORTIC affiliation to Infectious Agents and Cancer – IAC

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The African Organization for Research and Training on Cancer (AORTIC) has  just established an affiliation with  Infectious Agents and Cancer Open Access online journal. The two entities have been collaborating for several years, as for the Meeting coverage on the journal (2011 AORTIC Meeting in Cairo)  and the active participation of AORTIC council members to… Read more »

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Using rare genetic diseases to understand medicine

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Earlier this year, Findacure, in conjunction with Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, announced the winner of its student essay competition on rare diseases (The Student Voice). European medical and biological undergraduate students gave their rare disease opinions, experience, and knowledge, in response to one of three topic choices. While the overall winning essay by Roberta Garau is set for publication in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, we are proud to bring you some of our top choices in this week leading up to Rare Disease Day.

Biology

I’m a teenager – do I care if my disease is rare?

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Earlier this year, Findacure, in conjunction with Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, announced the winner of its student essay competition on rare diseases (The Student Voice). European medical and biological undergraduate students gave their rare disease opinions, experience, and knowledge, in response to one of three topic choices. While the overall winning essay by Roberta Garau is set for publication in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, we are proud to bring you some of our top choices in this week leading up to Rare Disease Day.

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