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Changing lives through genetics: The Children’s Rare Disease Collaborative

A 14-year-old girl was having back pain after a car accident and visited an orthopedic clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital. …Read More

Schizophrenia is known to have a genetic component, and variants in 10 genes have been identified as markedly increasing schizophrenia …Read More

Going back to school can be a time of excitement for many families: Your kids are looking forward to reconnecting …Read More

Port wine stains — capillary malformations on the skin — are the most visible manifestation of Sturge-Weber syndrome. However, up …Read More

How do our brains snap to attention and orient us to the outside world — like when we’re sound asleep …Read More

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt …Read More

When Charlotte, 3, developed infantile spasms last year, her parents, Kate and Brett, entered a world they didn’t know how …Read More

Emma’s journey with the Epilepsy Center at Boston Children’s Hospital began three years ago when she came to Boston Children’s …Read More

Georgia and her husband, Keith, moved to North Carolina from Massachusetts in 2015 with a dream of building a house …Read More

11-year-old Panos loves to smile and sing — but getting him to show his teeth to a dentist hasn’t always …Read More