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Podcast: Clinician's Roundtable
Episode: Updates on Familial Dysautonomia Research: How a Fatal Disease Became Manageable
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Guest: Berish Rubin, PhD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
Only a few years ago familial dysautonomia (FD) was a fatal disease, but some "Rediscovery Research" from the FD lab at Fordham University in Bronx, New York, is turning this killer into a chronic manageable disease. What have we learned from familial dysautonomia research, and how might this help patients with other diseases? Joining host Dr. Bruce Bloom to provide an update on current FD research and treatment is Dr. Berish Rubin, professor in the department of biological sciences and head of the laboratory for familial dysautonomia research...