Rare diseases affect one in 17 people in the UK, but a Government initiative designed to improve their quality of life will ...

Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

At an event announcing the launch of the exhibition, Zhai Jin, a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic bone ...

Most individuals diagnosed with a rare disease won’t live to become teenagers or adults. I knew what I had to do.

DALLAS - A North Texas mother diagnosed with a rare heart disease at 22 years old has been on a 14-year journey of faith and ...

A mother has spoken about her "painful" experience over the potential end to her son's life-enhancing treatment for a rare ...

The Trump administration should work with Congress to advance these two rare disease priorities to help make America healthy ...

Prince Frederik, 22, was a founder and the creative director of a foundation that raised awareness of POLG disorder.

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg, the youngest son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Princess Julie of Nassau, has died after a ...

Rare Disease Day, recognized globally on the last day of February since 2008, is intended to raise awareness to the approximately 7,000 known rare diseases affecting 300 million people worldwide.