The first IRDiRC conference was held on April 16-17 2013 in the charming city of Dublin, Ireland. Thought leaders from all over the world captured the audience with stimulating,  inspirational and highly informative talks on the past, present and future of rare disease research. IRDiRC…

IGNITE (Identifying Genes and Novel Therapeutics to Enhance Treatment) is a project based at the  Dalhousie University in Canada, that targets rare diseases with known or suspected genetic causes. Launched in October 2011 for 3 years, the project has for objectives to: “1) Discover the…