‼️📣 New Research Funding Announcement: Check out Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)’s funding announcement up to $60M in available funding: pcori.me/4hWSNMm
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⭐️ Key takeaway: RNA sequencing identified compound heterozygous variants in #NBAS, enabling diagnosis and expanding the known phenotype of #NBAS deficiency.
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📺 In this second clip from WCVB-Boston, a father and son's search for a diagnosis is shared. The family finally received answers through the UDN Harvard Team: ROSAH syndrome—a condition so rare that fewer than 100 cases exist worldwide.
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👏 Christine McGarvey was featured on #LivingWellPod. In the podcast, Christine shares her diagnostic odyssey and her journey to becoming an advocate and a #UDNPEER member.
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Listen to the podcast 🎧: bit.ly/43xfjaU
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⭐️ Key takeaway: De novo variants in #CDKL2 and #CDKL1 likely cause neurological symptoms by acting as dominant-negative alleles, expanding the role of the #CDKL family in developmental disorders.
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⭐️Key takeaway: Compound heterozygous deletions in #FAM177A1 likely caused a rare neurodevelopmental disorder in two siblings, showcasing the power of long-read sequencing in rare diseases.
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📣 #ReNUSyndromeUnited is looking for clinicians and researchers to submit abstracts to the upcoming conference on July 23-25, 2025.
Attendance from those interested in learning more and meeting ReNU syndrome families is also welcome.
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🩸🧬 After living with Diamond-Blackfan anemia syndrome for 50 years, Jason Rose partnered with the UDN Miami Site to uncover a large deletion on chromosome 3 that included the #RPL35A gene known to be responsible for up to 3% of #DBAS cases.
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⭐️Key takeaway: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine validated an RNA-seq test to detect gene expression and splicing outliers for genetic diagnostics
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⭐️Key takeaway: Pathogenic #PPP2R5C variants cause a Houge-Janssens spectrum disorder with neurodevelopmental delay, hypotonia, epilepsy risk, and macrocephaly.
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🎊 Successful 2025 in-person meeting 🎊
Reflecting on the great meeting in February! Great to connect face-to-face, welcome new network members, and discuss advances in diagnostics and better ways to support participants just a week before #RareDiseaseDay
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⭐️Key takeaway: #TAX1BP3 is associated with rare autosomal recessive Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy through #TRPV4-mediated Ca2 leak from RyR2.
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We are thrilled to announce the 2025 recipients of our Society's most prestigious #awards! Join us in giving them a round (or 2!) of applause 👏
Read more about their #research and contributions in Genes to Genomes: buff.ly/437XsH8
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Rare/undiagnosed disease families researchers of Undiagnosed Disease Network @UDNconnect in person meeting with representation from 15 sites across US. CC @NIH@ChanZuckerberg@PCORI
Participant 230: Male, age 17, with progressive vision loss, eye abnormalities, elevated eye pressure, delayed speech and language, and a variant in six genes. Reach out if you know of others with similar symptoms and variants!
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⭐️Key takeaway: Heterozygous de novo #RYBP variants cause a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder with congenital anomalies.
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⭐️Key takeaway: Long-read multi-omic sequencing revealed that an X;13 translocation disrupted #NBEA, #PDK3, #MAB21L1, and RB1 through distinct mechanisms.
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