November 2018
Diagnostic Challenges And Clinical Management Of Dna Repair Disorders
Topics Include: The cellular biology of DNA repair disorders The clinical presentation of DNA repair disorders Updated expert guidance on the clinical management of DNA repair disorders What DNA repair disorders can teach us about the process of ageing How specialist services for DNA repair disorders are structured and how they were established What it is like to live with a DNA repair disorder Find out more here
Find out more »Rarefest 2018
It’s 2018 and rare diseases are still not being consistently diagnosed, treated and supported effectively. RAREfest is a first-of-its kind rare disease inspired festival conceived and brought to you by Cambridge Rare Disease Network (CRDN). Free to attend, this 2-day festival will shine a light on some successes and innovative solutions that are striving to address this. RAREfest will raise awareness of rare conditions and bring together all stakeholders in the rare disease community alongside the general public from across Cambridgeshire and…
Find out more »December 2018
Rare Disease Day 2019
It’s 2018 and rare diseases are still not being consistently diagnosed, treated and supported effectively. Free to attend, this 2-day festival will shine a light on some successes and innovative solutions that are striving to address this. RAREfest will raise awareness of rare conditions and bring together all stakeholders in the rare disease community alongside the general public from across Cambridgeshire and beyond.
Find out more »Prospects For New Treatments In Rare Diseases
Dr Melita Irving, Consultant Geneticist, President of The Genetics Section of The Royal Society of Medicine and long-term friend of M4RD…is hosting this evening lecture organised by the awesome King’s College Medical Genetics Society. Rare Diseases is an exciting field to be working in these days as new treatments are emerging for previously untreatable conditions. Come along and find out more! Keep up to date about this event and lots of others organised by KCL Medical Genetics Society on their…
Find out more »January 2019
Information Day On Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD)
Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) is evolving from a rare disease of renal arteries accounting for a minority of cases of secondary hypertension in young women, to a ‘systemic’ vascular disease which can also affect cervico-cephalic, coronary, and iliac arteries.
Find out more »February 2019
The Unusual Suspects: Rare Diseases In Everyday Medical Care
This is an RSM and Medics 4 Rare Diseases joint event where clinicians at all stages of their training, will be informed about why rare diseases are important to everyday medicine.
Find out more »Rare Disease Day 2019
28 February 2019 will be the twelfth international Rare Disease Day coordinated by EURORDIS.
Find out more »March 2019
A Talk On Haemophilia
KCL MedGenSoc presents: A Talk on Haemophilia We are honoured to be hosting no less than two guest speakers for this event; KCH Haematology Consultant Dr Catherine Rea, who specialises in clotting disorders YouTuber Luke Pembroke, who himself suffers from Haemophilia Refreshments will be served before and after the talk. A sign up for a certificate of attendance will be available at the end of the lecture. As always, external staff and students are more than welcome to attend, but…
Find out more »May 2019
Rare diseases and the Kidney
Hear expert nephrologists from clinical and academic fields present the latest updates and developments in a variety of rare disease areas.
Find out more »PKU: A Heads Up
Leading experts will explore the pathophysiology of PKU, the impact of high phenylalanine levels on the brain of adult patients and the effect of PKU and aging.
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