The 6 Rare Diseases Changing Modern Medicine

While deadly diseases had some pretty terrible outcomes throughout history, they also have led the way for incredible scientific research, discovery, and medical advancement. Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow and learn how studying uncommon illnesses has truly shaped modern medicine! Let's go!

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Sources:
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/dis...
https://irp.nih.gov/blog/post/2015/06...

Osteo
https://www.thebonejournal.com/articl...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Gaucher
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://rarediseases.org/rare-disease...

Niemann-Pick
https://rarediseases.org/rare-disease...
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/bod...
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

Leptin
https://www.nature.com/articles/43185
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
http://www.laskerfoundation.org/media...
https://www.jax.org/strain/000632
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/con...

Laron
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/apri...
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/...
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/dis...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

plasminogen
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/1...
http://advances.sciencemag.org/conten...
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/dis...

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