Nearly one in 10 Americans have rare diseases. Many--but not all--of these diseases are genetic. More than half of the people known to be affected by rare diseases at this time are children. The National Organization for Rare Disease asserts that everyone knows someone affected by a rare disease. And, even though each disease is rare, together they significantly impact the American public as a whole.
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