Rare Disease Research: Goal Set For Year 2020

What is a rare disease? There have been over 7,000 rare disorders defined and there is now a stated goal to achieve treatment for about 200 of them by the year 2020. I personally did an independent survey over the weekend asking what people thought was the largest global health epidemic in their opinion. I thought HIV/AIDS would be the number one response, but surprisingly, obesity was a big answer to my inquiry. Cancer was considered simply unbeatable so disqualified, and malaria is so far away from the United States many were unaware of its effects on the global population...

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