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This article not only highlights the great scientific research being done on rare diseases in Canada but also discusses some of the issues facing those suffering with a rare disease.
Watch this space for microgrant round recipient results...
The Rare Disease Foundation just closed its most recent round of Microgrant allocations, with proposals received from across Canada. Watch this space to find out which research projects will be funded. In the coming weeks we will highlight some of our current and past research grant awardees as we lead up to Rare Disease Day on February 29th 2012!
Our Microgrant Program provides funding to inspired clinicians and researchers for patient-focused projects. Our goal is to support research that…
Dr. Millan Patel, Rare Disease Foundation Research Director, explains our research point of view and a few of our research projects are highlighted.
The May 2011 Rare Disease Foundation microgrants have been awarded.
In total, 22 grants were awarded with funding totalling over $70 000. Many thanks to those who donated and those breaking ground in care-focused research.
An interesting article that quotes the Rare Disease Foundation's own Bill McKellin!
Pamela Lewis Dolan of American Medical News takes a look at internet usage and the rare disease community in this article posted on April 25th 2011.
As medical residents seeing patients with genetic conditions at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Millan Patel and Neal Boerkoel realized that the medical research establishment, for all its success in battling common diseases, had barely begun to help people with rare genetic diseases.
Read more in the April 2010 UBC Medicine magazine...
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