RG Rare Disease Day Acknowledgment: Small steps make a big difference

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RG Rare Disease Day Acknowledgment: Small steps make a big difference

LOS ANGELES, CA; April 15, 2019 --

Thank you to all our supporters on **Rare Disease Day 2019**, we are so thankful to have a community that is working with us to push science and medicine forward to meet the needs of rare disease patients.

This year we were lucky to have a new community raise awareness with us on Rare Disease Day. We want to thank all Illumina employees who decided to advocate for rare disease patients on this important day. When we say that every bit makes a difference, that is because it makes all the difference, especially for families with significant unmet need.

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Reading Primary Research

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The promise of new treatments and cures excites our imaginations, especially when we’re looking to help a loved one or ourselves. Information on rare diseases is so hard to come by that any news on a potential discovery is welcome. But how accurate is that news? At a time when more information lies at our fingertips than ever before, healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers have to be able to sift through all the claims to find the facts.

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Rare Genomics Institute Announces Winners of BeHEARD

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The Rare Genomics (RG) Institute is delighted to announce the winners of the 2015 BeHEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries) science challenge, a global competition that offers rare disease researchers, who traditionally have difficulty attracting funding, grants of the latest life science innovations and technologies. 

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