Over the past several weeks, I've been posting to several different blogs on the subject of rare diseases.
Here is the list of my rare disease posts, with links:
Developing Diagnostic Tests for Common Diseases: Role of the Rare Diseases
Rare Diseases Account for Subsets of Common Diseases
Phenocopy Mimics of Rare Diseases: Lessons for the Common Diseases
Phenocopy Diseases: Their Relationship to Rare Diseases and Common Diseases
What Rare Diseases Teach Us About the Cellular Basis of Aging
What is the Fundamental Biological Process that Causes Aging?
Wrinkling and Sagging are Chronic Toxic Processes Not Directly Caused by Aging
Disease Complexity: Rare Diseases and Common Diseases
Case Reports of Rare Diseases Have General Value
When Rare Diseases and Common Diseases Converge to Same Clinical Picture
Rare Diseases and Common Diseases can Converge to the Same Clinical Conditions
Rare Disease Legislation in the U.S.
Definition of Rare Disease
Developing Diagnostic Tests for Common Diseases: Role of the Rare Diseases
Rare Diseases Account for Subsets of Common Diseases
Improving Clinical Trials by Focusing on Rare Diseases
Rare Diseases of Unknown Origin
Rare Diseases are Sentinels for the Common Diseases
Biological Differences between Rare Cancers and Common Cancers
Rare Diseases are Biologically Different from Common Diseases
Rare Cancers are Biologically Different from Common Cancers
Rare Cancers
Clinical Trials and Rare Diseases
Rules for the Rare Diseases
The Rationale for Funding Rare Disease Research
New Book Explains the Importance of Rare Disease Research
I urge you to read more about this book. There's a good preview of the book at the Google Books site. If you think that you and your colleagues may benefit from reading this book, please request your librarian to purchase a copy of this book for your library or reading room.
- Jules J. Berman, Ph.D., M.D.
tags: rare diseases, orphan diseases, orphan drugs, funding opportunities, rare cancers, common diseases, complex diseases, clinical trials, rare disease organizations, disease advocates
