#RareDiseaseDay is on the last day of February (28th or 29th).

Approximately 5% of the world's population is affected by a rare disease. Rare Disease Day is an important initiative for us, as nearly 90% of neuromuscular disorders are classified as rare diseases. (1/5)

A significant portion of patients with neuromuscular disease remain without a genetic diagnosis, and most neuromuscular disorders still lack a cure. Our work is crucial for providing proper diagnoses and ultimately developing therapies for these patients. (6/6)

While our main interest are neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in the titin (TTN) and nebulin (NEB) genes, there are many other projects always going on in the group. (5/6)

… to investigate nutrition and self-reported functioning in persons with neuromuscular diseases, and to evaluate therapeutic interventions. (4/6)

Our research aims to identify the genetic variants causing neuromuscular disorders, to understand the normal structure and function of muscle and their alterations in disease, … (3/6)

Our team, led by Dr. Marco Savarese, studies different aspects of hereditary myopathies and muscular dystrophies, continuing the work of the Carina Wallgren-Pettersson and Bjarne Udd groups at FHRC. (2/6)

We are the Myofin Research Group, part of the Genetics Research Program at Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland. (1/6)

Analyzing 145 hard-to-detect variants using HiFi long-read sequencing (LRS), ajhgnews.bsky.social latest article by christiangilissen.bsky.social, ahoischen.bsky.social, & co. highlight LRS as a promising single technology for rare disease diagnosis: www.cell.com/ajhg/abstrac... #ASHG