Rare Diseases Medical Conversation

Join medical experts as they discuss their approaches to identifying, treating, and managing rare diseases, like primary biliary cholangitis, neuroendocrine tumours, rare bone diseases, and growth disorders. The conversations also explore the evolving treatment landscape, ...more

Latest Episodes

December 12, 2023 00:25:59
Episode Cover

Short stature: Severe primary IGF-I deficiency (SPIGFD). Part 2

Comprehensive biochemical and genetic testing allows for the identification of classical and non-classical forms of primary IGF-I deficiency and can identify overlapping syndromes. Are...

Listen

December 06, 2023 00:33:58
Episode Cover

Short stature: Key challenges in diagnosis and management. Part 1

Do you know how to differentiate between growth hormone deficiency (or GHD) and primary IGF-I deficiency (or growth hormone resistance) and the key challenges...

Listen

December 06, 2023 00:27:39
Episode Cover

Gene therapy and gene-modified cell therapy in rare diseases

Gene therapy and gene-modified cell therapies have a great potential for rare diseases to either help patients to cure their disease or improve their...

Listen

December 06, 2023 00:22:50
Episode Cover

Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC): Highlights from EASL 2023 - Part 2

Robert Mitchell-Thain, CEO of the PBC Foundation, Edinburgh, UK and Kath Houghton, Autoimmune Specialist Nurse, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK,...

Listen

December 06, 2023 00:30:45
Episode Cover

Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC): Highlights from EASL 2023 - Part 1

Prof. Gideon Hirschfield, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada and Dr Emma Culver, Consultant Hepatologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at...

Listen

December 06, 2023 00:32:39
Episode Cover

Neuroendocrine tumours: The role of SSA at progression - To continue or not?

In this podcast, Prof. Martyn Caplin and Dr Aman Chauhan discuss the role of somatostatin analogues (SSAs) at progression and whether to continue or...

Listen
Next