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NIH Awards More Than $15 Million to Fund Two Rare Diseases Consortia
September 25, 2025 - Grantee/Partner News
- Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)
Research Moves Slowly. Rare Diseases Don’t — So Patients Aren’t Waiting
June 28, 2025 - Media Coverage
- Our Impact on Rare Diseases
NIH Study Suggests People with Rare Diseases Face Significantly Higher Health Care Costs
October 22, 2021 - NCATS News
Results from a collaborative pilot study suggest health care costs for each person with a rare disease are three to five times greater than the costs for those who do not have a rare disease.
New Method Could Help Find Potential Treatments for Rare Diseases
January 5, 2019 - NCATS News
- Preclinical Chemical Biology Laboratory
Scientists in NCATS’ Assay Development and Screening Technology Program are developing new methods for screening small molecules that could help researchers test possible drugs and develop new treatments for many diseases.