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

The participant’s mother had an uncomplicated pregnancy with normal labor and delivery. He met all of his developmental benchmarks until he was 24 months, at which he began to plateau. At 26 months, the participant’s motor and speech skills began to regress, and he began to be less social. The … read more

At the age of 8, the patient started having difficulty climbing at school. She was unable to pull herself onto a horse or get into the car. She also walked differently than other children due to a waddling walk and would run as if she had “lead in her shoes”. … read more

The participant was born at full term with no complications during pregnancy. He had jaundice during the neonatal period, which was treated with a Biliblanket. At 2 months of age, his pediatrician noticed a decline in weight gain and diagnosed him with failure to thrive. The participant was followed for … read more
