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Glybera - A medicine for the rich only
Glybera gene therapy helps treat rare diseases and has yielded very positive results.
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Rare insomnia kills two generations of Australian families
Australian sisters Lachlan and Hayley Webb have grandmother, mother, aunt and he all died of insomnia for days or months.
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The fourth 'fishman' in the world was born
A baby in India is born with a rare condition
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She has a face deformed by rare syndrome
Alesha Wilcock, 7, of England, suffers from a rare form of skin disorder that distorts her face.
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A girl who has a strange disease makes anyone who kisses get burnt
Brave Brooke Masson 4-year-old suffered from cystic fibrosis that made her skin so salty that her kissers felt burning.
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The syndrome of 'bad fear' can ruin a lifetime
In addition to always afraid of your own defects, syndrome
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Baby girls sneeze 12,000 times a day
Katelyn Thornley 12 years old in the United States sneezes ceaselessly at the doctors. After many visits, she was found to have movement disorder syndrome (TIC).
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Her grandmother grew a strange long horn on her head
Doctors in China have just received an extremely rare case: a nearly 90-year-old grandmother horned over 12cm above her head.
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Strange life-threatening disease of people in Phu Tho
Born healthy, normal, but growing up, the faces of these children suddenly become swollen, appear acne and dry like toad skin.
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Strange disease: He has a big fear
A 14-year-old boy in Mexico was especially afraid, so much so that he tried to hide or suppress the development in ways such as restricting eating and distorting his voi…
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Strange disease makes boys not eat and drink
After a serious illness a year ago, the 12-year-old American boy lost his feeling of hunger and thirst.
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The 5 most bizarre disorders in the world
Syndrome: crying like cats, biting people, panic, face slitting, or twitching ... is very rare in people but strangely there are times when these diseases develop into a…
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Girls with disease do not know pain
14-year-old Gabby in Minnesota, USA, suffers from an extremely rare disease. He does not know pain even if he chews his fingers or pokes, scratches his eyes.
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The boy had skin flakes like fish scales
Rarely, an 18-month-old boy's skin thickens and flakes every day and has to look for eye drops regularly to blink.
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The woman could only run backwards
Due to a rare neurological disorder, a middle-aged woman can only run backwards, instead of moving forward like a normal person.