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Niemann-Pick Disease

What is Niemann-Pick Disease?

Niemann-Pick Disease is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting lipid metabolism in a way which causes harmful amounts of lipids to accumulate in the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow, and brain.

 

Synonyms

  • Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency (Niemann-Pick Type A&B_

Niemann-Pick Disease is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting lipid metabolism in a way which causes harmful amounts of lipids to accumulate in the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow, and brain.

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Name Abbreviation
Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency (Niemann-Pick Type A&B_ ASMD
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Spinal Infusions for Niemann Pick Created by RareshareTeam
Last updated 29 Jul 2018, 07:58 PM

Posted by RareshareTeam
29 Jul 2018, 07:58 PM

Little Osama's family has been flying him to Chicago every two weeks to receive experimental treatments for his Niemann-Pick Type C.  Read his story here.

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Community External News Link
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Niemann-Pick Disease: Reno twins with rare, fatal disease will be on CNN show "Something's Killing Me" 08/17/2018
Sanofi Sees Positive Results in Two Clinical Trials for Niemann-Pick Disease 02/02/2020
Getting a Treatment Is Not the End of the Road in Rare Diseases 09/06/2020
Miglustat improves swallowing in children and adolescents with Niemann-Pick type C1 disease 09/19/2020
Devastated mum loses all three kids to rare disease found in just 110 people in UK 02/21/2021
Push to spur more drugs for deadly rare diseases 03/07/2021
‘There’s so much uncertainty’: As Mallinckrodt sells rare disease drug, parents worry about access 05/21/2021
Drug Development for Rare Diseases is Littered with Regulatory Roadblocks 08/21/2022
Sanofi, after long research journey, wins FDA approval for rare disease drug 09/02/2022
3 of 4 children in a Molalla family have rare progressive disorder 08/12/2023
My son’s rare disease was renamed ASMD. Why are people still calling it Niemann-Pick? 11/08/2024
New insights into Niemann-Pick type C: A form of childhood dementia 12/06/2024
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CoRDS, or the Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford, is based at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It provides researchers with a centralized, international patient registry for all rare diseases. This program allows patients and researchers to connect as easily as possible to help advance treatments and cures for rare diseases. The CoRDS team works with patient advocacy groups, individuals and researchers to help in the advancement of research in over 7,000 rare diseases. The registry is free for patients to enroll and researchers to access.

Enrolling is easy.

  1. Complete the screening form.
  2. Review the informed consent.
  3. Answer the permission and data sharing questions.

After these steps, the enrollment process is complete. All other questions are voluntary. However, these questions are important to patients and their families to create awareness as well as to researchers to study rare diseases. This is why we ask our participants to update their information annually or anytime changes to their information occur.

Researchers can contact CoRDS to determine if the registry contains participants with the rare disease they are researching. If the researcher determines there is a sufficient number of participants or data on the rare disease of interest within the registry, the researcher can apply for access. Upon approval from the CoRDS Scientific Advisory Board, CoRDS staff will reach out to participants on behalf of the researcher. It is then up to the participant to determine if they would like to join the study.

Visit sanfordresearch.org/CoRDS to enroll.

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