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People with orphan diseases
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- Global numbers indicate that there are around 7,000 rare diseases affecting 300 million people.
- By extrapolation, India should have 70 million cases.
- Yet hospitals in India have so far reported less than 500 of these diseases.
- There is not enough epidemiological data on the communities in which these rare diseases occur.
- Sophisticated clinical genomics tools are often needed to confirm these disorders.
- Diseases prevailing in our countries include cystic fibrosis, haemophilia, lysosomal storage disorders, sickle-cell anaemia, etc.
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