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International Angelman Day
Today, as we are half way through our rare disease awareness initiative, a little reminder of why we are doing this. The build up to Rare...
heathermason
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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I am David, and I have Hunter Syndrome
On the 14th day of our rare disease initiative, I have the privilege to present David, who, at 36 years of age, is the oldest person...
heathermason
Feb 14, 20241 min read
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This is John's story of Spindle Cell Sarcoma
This photo by unknown author is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND Today, on day 13 of our rare disease initiative, I wanted to share John's...
heathermason
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Syndromes Without a Name (SWAN)
On day 12 of our rare disease initiative, I have made a change to the format, to cover something that I feel completely necessary to...
heathermason
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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I am Caoimhe, I have CAMK2.
Today is day 11 of our rare disease initiative, and I had the absolute privilege of talking to Nev, the father of Caoimhe, who has CAMK2....
heathermason
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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I am Elisia, I have 5q14.3 (MEF2C) deletion.
Today is day 10 of our rare disease initiative. Today, Elisia's mum, Claire shares their journey of another ultra-rare condition, that...
heathermason
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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I am Landry, I have CHAMP1 disorder.
We have reached day 9 of our rare disease initiative. Today, Landry's mum, Lindsay, shares their journey of being diagnosed and living...
heathermason
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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We are Omar and Adam. We have X-Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Today is day 8 of our rare disease awareness initiative. I was contacted by Riham, who wanted to share her story of her two boys, Omar...
heathermason
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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I am Sadie Rae, I have Sanfilippo Syndrome.
We are already one week into our rare disease awareness initiative! Today, we are sharing Sadie Rae's story. This heart-breaking story is...
heathermason
Feb 7, 20241 min read
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I am Claire, and I have Fabry Disease
On Day 6 of rare disease awareness, we are sharing Claire's story. Claire's diagnosis story is a protracted and frightening one, partly...
heathermason
Feb 6, 20241 min read
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I am Benjamin, and I have Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome
On Day 5 of rare disease awareness we are sharing Benjamin's story. Benjamin lives in the UK with his twin sister, elder sister and his...
heathermason
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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I am Evana, and I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Day 4 of the rare disease awareness initiative, I would like to introduce you to Evana. who lives in South Korea and has Ehlers-Danlos...
heathermason
Feb 4, 20241 min read
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I am Mabel, and I have Williams Syndrome
On day 3 of the rare disease awareness initiative, I would like to introduce you to Mabel. Now, Mabel and I go way back. She was at...
heathermason
Feb 3, 20247 min read
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We are Amelia and Ollie
Amelia and Ollie are brother and sister, living with their family in the UK. They both have a neurodegenerative disorder called Batten...
heathermason
Feb 2, 20241 min read
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von Willebrand Awareness Day
Today is the first day in my initiative to raise awareness for Rare Disease Day, coming up on the 29th February. I will post something...
heathermason
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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REGENXBIO halts CLN2 gene therapies
The Batten Disease community are heartbroken to learn that the biotech company REGENXBIO have decided to stop further enrollment and...
heathermason
Nov 10, 20231 min read
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Williams Syndrome
Williams Syndrome. I had never heard of this until my son was at nursery with a little girl called Mabel who has the condition. I...
heathermason
Nov 7, 20231 min read
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St Gallen Breast Cancer Conference 2023. Day 2
Updates in HER2+ breast cancer: adjuvant therapies, early-stage data, and tumour heterogeneity HER2 status has important implications for...
heathermason
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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Highlights from the 2023 St Gallen Breast Cancer Conference in Vienna. What did I learn?
1- Measures of clinical response to breast cancer therapies need to be updated in line with the advances in improved drug treatments. 2-...
heathermason
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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Rare Disease Day 2023
Rare Disease Day 2023. #showyourstripes ! One in seventeen of us have a rare disease. Not so rare afterall. A recent survey of...
heathermason
Feb 28, 20231 min read
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