Science, Maths & Technology
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
...writing, around 7,000 rare diseases have been described. Over 80% of those affect less than 1 in 1 million people (so they are very rare). However, new rare diseases are constantly being described, so this number is continuously increasing. In the UK, around 3.5 million individuals have a rare disease. It is estimated that over the whole lifetime, around 1 in 17 people...