Statistics
Approximately how many Americans live with a rare disease?
What is 25 to 30 million?
What is Down Syndrome?
This percentage of rare diseases affect fewer than one in every one million individuals.
What is 85?
What is Alzheimer's?
This month is recognized a Rare Disease Month.
What is February?
According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, there are more than this many distinct known rare diseases.
What is 10,000?
Mutations in the CFTR gene on chromosome 7 are associated with this disease.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare neurodegenerative disease that causes this to occur.
What is death by due to severe insomnia?
Familial Hypercholesterolemia causes high levels of this lipid.
What is cholesterol?
This day is recognized as Rare Disease Day.
What is February 28?
What is 20?
Mutations in the MDM gene on the X chromosome are associated with what muscular disorder?
What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), better known as Stone Man Syndrome, causes this to occur.
What is muscle turning into bone?
This disorder is caused by an XXY mutation.
What is Klinefelter Syndrome?
Auggie, the main character in Wonder, lives with this disorder.
What is Treacher Collins Syndrome?
What is 80?
This gene that shares its name with a famous childhood cartoon plays a role in development, and when abnormally activated, can lead to cancer.
What is the Sonic Hedgehog gene?
Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease, a prion disease causing rapid dementia, is similar to this more famous disease.
What is Mad-Cow Disease?
Mutations in the BRKA1 and BRKA2 genes are associated with this common disease.
What is breast cancer?
The main characters in Five Feet Apart both live with this disorder.
What is cystic fibrosis?
What is 70?
What is hox genes?
This disorder, caused by mutations in the LMNA gene, causes accelerated aging in children.
What is Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome?
This disorder, which affects your skin and nervous system, is abrievated as NF1.
What is Neurofibromatosis type 1?
Less than this percentage of rare diseases have been represented in media.
What is two?