About Undiagnosed Conditions & Medical Research

The following are links that I’ve found interesting.

Articles

Expansion of research on behalf of undiagnosed patients

The importance of rare disease research

Benefits of Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Benefits of expansion into Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Early Undiagnosed Diseases Program and genomic technology

Video Links

Dr. Gahl studies rare genetic disorders. He pursues discovery of new diseases and treatments through the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network: https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=28773&bhcp=1

Medical Mysteries and Rare Diseases: William Gahl at TEDxCMU 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMMBmc_pQVA

Dr. William Gahl who was called a "super--diagnostician" by the University of Wisconsin School of medicine, leads the Undiagnosed Diseases Network at the NIH and sees patients who lack a diagnosis after years of visits to other doctors. He describes a bunch of intriguing and mystifying cases and goes through the logic and teamwork required to solve them. He also brings to light an important problem as cures and drugs for people with rare diseases are often overlooked because of their unprofitability.