News from NORD

National Tissue Biobank Established for Coats Disease


 

The Jack McGovern Coats’ Disease Foundation has established a national tissue biobank at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine to facilitate research on the causes of, and most effective treatments for, Coats’ disease. This rare disorder affects the retina and has been diagnosed in children as young as four months. More.

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