Rare Disease World Sees New Pioneer
Her name is Christina Waters, and she is the founder and CEO of Rare Science, a California non-profit whose mission objective is to aid children and families of rare disease and to help find a diagnosis and treatment. She has now become part of the team at genomics firm Wuxi NextCODE as senior VP, and her focus […]
Founder of nonprofit lands at WuXi NextCODE for rare disease push
Christina Waters, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of Rare Science, a California-based nonprofit that helps children with rare diseases and their families find diagnoses and treatments. She has now joined genomics firm WuXi NextCODE as senior VP, focusing on its rare disease programs. Her responsibilities will still include using networks and social media to […]
Medical professionals provide improved patient care through AI
Computer-based systems that incorporate AI techniques are projected to have a dramatic impact in health care, helping physicians better diagnose and treat their patients.
Meeting the scientists who are turning their daughter’s cells into a research tool
There’s nothing like a face-to-face meeting to really get to know someone. And when the life of someone you love is in the hands of that person, then it’s a meeting that comes packed with emotion and importance. Read the full article here ..
Patient Advocate Leads Drive to Add Rare Diseases to CIRM’s Stem Cell Bank
Oakland, CA – Christina Waters is a rare kind of person: creative, compassionate, and committed to creating change. Now she is using those rare talents to help children battling rare diseases. She is helping add blood and skin samples from these children to be turned into stem cells and used as a resource for researchers […]
Making a deposit in the Bank: using stem cells
For Chris Waters, the motivation behind her move from big pharmaceutical companies and biotech to starting a non-profit organization focused on rare diseases in children is simple: “What’s most important is empowering patient families and helping them accelerate research to the clinical solutions they so urgently need for their child ,” she says. Read More
Bridging the divide: stem cell students helping families with rare diseases become partners in research.
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make the biggest impact. For example, introducing a scientist to a patient can help them drive stem cell research forward faster than either one could do on their own. Want proof? This year, students in CIRM’s Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy program at California State University (CSU) […]
Southern California Becoming Hub for Rare Disease Research
February 29 only comes around every four years, but every year at the end of February, the rare disease community celebrates Rare Disease Day, a global effort to raise awareness of the prevalence of rare diseases and the challenges associated with diagnosing them and developing effective treatments. Read more here [soliloquy id=”1852″]
RARE Science Brings New Hope To Patients With Rare, Neglected and Orphan Diseases
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — CEO and Founder of RARE Science, Dr. Christina Waters, announced today the launch of a new research based non-profit organization developing an integrated data system that serves the unmet medical needs of patients with rare, orphan and neglected diseases. RARE Science has attracted world renowned researchers from leading […]
