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Drug trial offers hope for genetic disorder first discovered in Cumbria

Scientists are hoping to repurpose an existing drug to treat an ultra-rare genetic disorder that has plagued families living in the North of England. Neuroferritinopathy is a progressive and incurable brain condition, whose symptoms including loss ...

21 Mar 2024 at 07:07

Family

My sister cannot walk, talk, or feed herself due to her chromosomal disorder – but we would not have her any other way

The family of a woman who has a rare chromosomal disorder – meaning she is non-verbal, non-mobile, incontinent, and cannot feed or wash herself – have said they “wouldn’t have her any other way” as they aim to shine a light on the valuable role ...

26 May 2023 at 07:00

Stem cells donated in 2008 change life of five-year-old boy with rare condition

A five-year-old boy has been able to leave his home for the first time in six months following a successful stem cell transplant made from a baby’s umbilical cord blood which was donated 15 years ago. Gunner Lewis-Vale, from Shropshire, was ...

20 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Streeting urges apology over NHS claim first-cousin marriage has ‘advantages’

The Health Secretary has called for an apology after an NHS website suggested there are benefits to first-cousin marriage, despite the known increased risk of birth defects. An article on NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme website ...

30 Sept 2025 at 09:09

Genetic condition raises diabetes complication risk in black and South Asian men

A common but often undiagnosed genetic deficiency could be putting thousands of black and South Asian men in the UK at risk of serious type 2 diabetes complications by delaying diagnosis of the condition, scientists have warned. Experts ...

30 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Music

Jesy Nelson is not going to stop talking about her twin babies’ diagnosis

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has she is not going to stop talking about her twin babies’ SMA1 (spinal muscular atrophy) diagnosis until “something changes”. The 34-year-old, who gave birth to twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe ...

04 Feb 2026 at 00:01

Family

Parents of child with rare and life-shortening gene mutation hope to make memories with their son at home this Christmas

The parents of a child with a rare, life-shortening gene mutation “hope” to make memories with their son at home this Christmas by holding him in their arms and surrounding him with love and festive music. Amardeep and Theo Morris, ...

10 Dec 2025 at 12:19

Health

Mum fundraises to keep family afloat as daughter with smooth brain has up to 500 seizures a day and husband has urgent heart surgery

A mum whose daughter has a smooth brain and suffers up to 500 seizures a day, and whose self-employed husband has had urgent heart surgery, says she is forced to fundraise to keep her family afloat. Alexandra Bufton, 37, from ...

22 Jan 2026 at 06:30

Health

Mother of boy, 10, with rare genetic disorder known to affect 200 people told he is ‘unlikely to survive past his teens’

The mother of a boy with a rare genetic disorder, known to affect around 200 people worldwide, has said doctors told her “nothing can be done” and he is “unlikely to survive past his teens”. Amy Sheridan-Hill, 46, a former ...

02 Mar 2026 at 00:26

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