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

At age 5, the participant was diagnosed with plaque psoriasis. At age 12, she was diagnosed with an uncommon and more aggressive form of psoriasis, called erythrodermic psoriasis. A few years later at age 18, she developed guttate and inverse psoriasis. She was also diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis at age … read more
The participant noticed that he was weaker than his peers in childhood. At age 23, he noticed difficulty getting up from a squatting position and climbing stairs, and began experiencing progressive muscle weakness involving muscles in his arms, legs, face, and eyes. He also developed heart muscle disease (dilated cardiomyopathy) … read more
At the age of 4, the participant started having breathing problems. Shortly after, she had a bluish color to the skin due to low blood oxygen levels (cyanosis). These symptoms were determined to be the result of interstitial lung disease, which led to mild high blood pressure in the lungs … read more
