ADVOCACY

Guide for parents after diagnosis

Your newborn child is finally here, but when you discover that all is not as it should be, what do you do? – When your child is diagnosed with a rare condition, there are so many things that go through your head. OIFE recommends the publication “Guide for parents after diagnosis”  to parents after they…

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RESEARCH

BOOST2B – stem cell trial in India

Dr. Madhuri’s team starts stem cell therapy in children in India We are pleased to inform you that we have initiated the stem cell therapy for children with Osteogenesis imperfecta under the Indo – Swedish collaboration, funded by DBT, India and VINNOVA, Sweden at Christian Medical College, Vellore. We have treated a patient severely affected…

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Tellef laughing at a beachRESEARCH

BOOSTB4 – stem cell therapy in OI

Interview with Anne Siqveland and Nicolai Wendt (parents of Tellef, 1 year old) Who are you and what is your relationship to OI? We are a Norwegian family of four, Anne (36), Nicolai (34), Edvard (4) and Tellef (1). Tellef was prenatally diagnosed with OI and his multiple fractures and mutation of COL1A2 gene place…

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