The seven-year medical odyssey that once defined rare disease diagnosis is being rewritten by algorithms capable of identifying medical zebras in the time it takes to refresh your social media feed.

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Prion diseases are rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorders caused by misfolded prion proteins (PrP) in the brain. This can lead to memory loss, behavior changes, and movement problems. Prion diseases ...

Infectious diseases are disorders that are caused by organisms, usually microscopic in size, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that are passed, directly or indirectly, from one person to ...