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December 14, 2018     Rare Diseases     The latest rare diseases news from News Medical

UA scientists uncover biological processes leading to rare brain disorder in babies   Babies born with pontocerebellar hypoplasia type Ib often do not survive past one year. Born with an underdeveloped brain, infants struggle to move, feed and even breathe.

Researchers use new methods to optimize treatments for tuberculosis meningitis   Although relatively rare in the United States, and accounting for fewer than 5 percent of tuberculosis cases worldwide, TB of the brain--or tuberculosis meningitis (TBM)--is often deadly, always hard to treat, and a particular threat to young children.         Study provides new understanding of mysterious 'hereditary swelling'   An upper arm that swells to twice its normal size. A stomach that inexplicably swells up causing colic pain, vomiting or diarrhea. Or a life-threatening variant with severe swelling of the face, lips, tongue and larynx, bringing the risk of obstructed airways and death by suffocation.

Study uncovers new genetic clues to frontotemporal dementia   Unlike the more common Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia tends to afflict young people. It accounts for an estimated 20 percent of all cases of early-onset dementia.       LAM Pharmaceutical receives approval to sell it's wound gel in China   LAM Pharmaceutical, a biomedical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel wound healing and transdermal drug delivery systems, announced today that the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA") has granted approval for the importation and sale of its patented LAM IPM Wound Gel(TM) in China       New way to trace the transmission histories of rare genetic diseases   There are only 25 people in the whole of Quebec at the moment who have a rare recessive genetic disease called chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia. It is a serious disease that affects both heart rate and intestinal movements.       Recent findings on rare genetic disorder may help develop new treatment options   Fresh discoveries about a rare genetic disorder that affects mainly boys may inform the development of therapies to treat the condition.       Chronic kidney disease rates are increasing faster than other noninfectious diseases   Advances in treating cancer, heart disease and other major health conditions in recent decades have extended life spans for millions of people.

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