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A Combination of Tests Shows Learning Capabilities of Nonverbal Children with Rare Brain Disorder
February 25, 2025 - NCATS News
- Our Impact on Rare Diseases
- Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)
NCATS-funded scientists found that a pair of tests can measure nonverbal learning skills and show the cognitive abilities of children with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. The tests could improve the support and therapy doctors provide.
Read ArticleAI Tool Helps Find Life-Saving Medicine for Rare Disease
February 5, 2025 - Grantee/Partner News
- Biomedical Data Translator (Translator)
- Our Impact on Rare Diseases
Cost of Rare Diseases in US? Nearly $1 Trillion in 2019, EveryLife Foundation Finds
March 30, 2021 - Media Coverage
- Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
NCATS Researchers’ New Approach to Measure Gene Activity Could Speed Search for Rare Disease Therapies
March 23, 2021 - NCATS News
- Our Impact on Research Operations
NCATS scientists design an innovative test to find potential treatments for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), one of the most common inherited neurological diseases, opening new pathways for rare
COVID's All-Hands-on-Deck Approach Should Be Standard for Rare Diseases
March 18, 2021 - Media Coverage
- COVID-19
Pandemic Perspectives: NCATS Director Urges Rare Disease Community to Push against Return to Clinical Trial Status Quo
March 9, 2021 - Media Coverage
- COVID-19
Pandemic Perspectives: US FDA, NIH Tried to Be Flexible to Keep Rare Disease Trials Going
March 9, 2021 - Media Coverage
- COVID-19
How Covid-19 Is Changing Rare Diseases Research
March 9, 2021 - Media Coverage
- COVID-19
Twenty years after researchers published their first discoveries associated with human genome sequencing, policymakers are fighting to overcome obstacles that hobble the potential of genetic medici