There are roughly 7,000 known rare diseases and about 1 in 10 people (or 30 million people) in the U.S. have a rare disease.
Please join UCLA and the California Center for Rare Diseases for our 3rd Annual Rare Disease Day Webinar. This event is designed t
Rare Diseases are defined as chronic diseases that affect only 0.05% of the population or less. There are over 7000 known rare diseases, and taken together, they affect around 8% of the world’s population.
The California Center for Rare Diseases at UCLA is a collaborative home for physicians, scientists and patients dedicated to improving diagnostics and clinical care, basic understanding, and novel treatments for rare genetic diseases.
The California Center for Diseases is committed to furthering research of rare diseases. The CCRD partners with many UCLA clincians and researchers studying rare diseases. These studies include patient registries, sample collection, and clinical trials. Click to learn more.
A major goal of the Center is to provide additional research testing to solve undigiagnosed genetic disorders. We will use clinical information combined with testing only available through research to solve complex medical cases.
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The California Center for Rare Diseases (CCRD) was designed to enhance research and care for the rare disease community.
The CCRD is a network of expert clinicians and researchers with the common goal of advancing rare disease discovery and care.
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We offer personalized medical care for each patient (children and adults) based on genetic and research tests, including repurposing drugs for individual use and running clinical trials. By integrating with laboratories both on and off campus, we are maki
