Month: February 2017

As mentioned in last week’s blog, the 3rd International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC) conference was held on the 8-9th February in Paris bringing together international experts in the rare disease field to discuss progress and to set new goals. One of the sessions of the conference focused on global trends in patient advocacy in the rare … Read more

The 3rd International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC) conference was held last week in Paris. It brought together international experts in the fields of public health, funding agencies, academic research, patient advocacy and health industry to discuss the progress in the rare disease field and to set new goals for the next decade. The conference … Read more

To date, there have been no prospective studies attempting to diagnose BHD syndrome or literature reviews on BHD in Korea. Park et al. (2017) address this in their new study that aims to detect BHD prospectively in patients undergoing chest computed tomography (CT) scans and to classify the characteristics of BHD in Korea. The authors … Read more

Digital technology is important in every sector of society, particularly in health. The potential of the medical charity sector in digital health was the theme of this week’s AMRC Conference at Google DeepMind in London. The event showcased charity projects and partnerships in digital health and explored the potential for digital innovation in medical research. … Read more