Every year hundreds of patients face uncertainty when healthcare providers are unable to discover the cause for their symptoms.
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) is a research study backed by the National Institutes of Health that seeks to provide answers for patients and families affected by these mysterious conditions.
Model Organisms
The Model Organisms Screening Center (MOSC) for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) is composed of two Centers that use fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) and zebrafish (Danio rerio) genetics and biology to tackle rare and undiagnosed diseases.
Publications
After birth, the participant spent time in the NICU due to jaundice, abnormal labs, and heart abnormalities (vascular ring, right aortic arch). The heart differences were surgically corrected. As a child, he was identified to have a mass on the right side of the neck, which was later determined to … read more

The participant was born at 38 weeks by C-section. The pregnancy was complicated by vaginal bleeding at 6-8 weeks and gestational diabetes. At birth he needed supplemental oxygen for a couple days because his of low oxygen and vomiting while nursing (emesis). At 6 days old, he had jaundice which … read more

The participant was born at full term and had an unremarkable birth history. Her mother experienced a rash (pruritic urticarial papules and plaques) during pregnancy, but the pregnancy was otherwise normal. She notably passed her newborn screening hearing evaluation. The participant’s family members first noticed she did not respond to … read more
