Cure HHT’s 2020 Robert E. Berkman Leadership Award Recipient
Up Close and Personal with Christopher Hughes, PhD – Cure HHT’s 2020 Robert E. Berkman Leadership Award Recipient by Phyllis Loveland In recognition of Robert E. Berkman’s exemplary leadership, we…
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Top Geneticist and HHT CoE Director Announces Retirement
We are at once happy and sad to announce the retirement of Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD, Co-Director of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (“UPenn”) HHT Center of Excellence.…
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HHT Education at the National Hemophilia Foundation Annual Conference
This August, Dr. Raj Kasthuri, our HHT Center of Excellence Director from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, gave an exceptional HHT presentation (the most attended presentation of the…
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Ask The Doctor: Nosebleed Management 101 (Recorded)
ASK THE DOCTOR: NOSEBLEED MANAGEMENT 101 Watch our “Ask the Doctor” series with Dr. Scott Olitsky, Cure HHT Chief Medical Officer, and HHT patient, Chelsea McBride as they discuss…
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HHT Awareness in a BIG Way!
This June Awareness Month, Cure HHT was able to spread awareness in a huge way with a 24-foot-wide billboard! Our “More Than Just a Nosebleed” billboard was perched on Route…
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Ask the Doctor – HHT and PH (recorded)
Dr. Scott Olitsky, Cure HHT Chief Medical Officer, and Michael Knaapen, Director, Patient and Caregiver Programs at the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, discuss the dual diagnoses of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)…
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Volunteers Needed! Join Cure HHT on Capitol Hill
We are calling upon volunteers to Join us in Washington, DC, for HHT Hill Day and be the voice…
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Cure HHT’s 2024 Impact Report
A Year Of Significant Transformation & Progress Every year is a different chapter in our story – each bringing…
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Press Release: Diagonal Therapeutics to Present Data at ASH 2024 Demonstrating the Economic and Clinical Burden of HHT
Diagonal Therapeutics — who has raised $128 million in Series A funding to support their sole project, a curative…
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Press Release: Vaderis Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Treatment of HHT
The below press release was issued Monday, Nov. 18 by Vaderis Therapeutic, and is substantial news for our community. Cure HHT…
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A Monumental $128 Million Step Forward for HHT Research
Today is a monumental day for HHT. The new biotechnology company, Diagonal Therapeutics, officially launched and we wanted to share more about why this is news you simply can’t miss!
In short, Diagonal’s lead program is focused on developing an innovative treatment not just to alleviate the symptoms of HHT – but using antibodies to reverse the formation of vascular malformations altogether. That’s right, there is now a biotechnology company, backed by $128 million in Series A financing, focused entirely on a curative HHT therapy.
For months, Cure HHT has been collaborating with Diagonal’s management team to help make this day a reality. We have connected them to leading HHT scientists to help them further develop their program, and have spent countless hours meeting with venture capital firms to educate them on the burden of this disease and help Diagonal secure funding to launch.
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BBC News: Jersey woman calls for more awareness of rare condition
BBC Jersey (UK) Jersey woman calls for more awareness of rare condition – “A Jersey woman who has a rare genetic condition that affects her blood vessels is calling for greater awareness of the disorder…Chelsea Ford, 27, is the only diagnosed case in Jersey but it is believed to affect about one person in every 5,000. “The fact it goes so undiagnosed, there could be people who do have it and don’t know what is wrong,” she said.
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Donegal News: Letterkenny man shares story to mark Rare Disease Day
Donegal News (Ireland). Letterkenny man shares story to mark Rare Disease Day – “Letterkenny man Michael MacGinty, who suffers with a rare blood disease, has shared his story to mark Rare Disease Day. He highlighted the importance of having a conversation about rare diseases, which he says are not as rare as rare sounds.”
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WMAR Baltimore: Musician with rare disease overcomes health scare
March 9, 2022 | WMAR Baltimore | By Abby Isaacs. Musician with rare disease overcomes health scare – “A rare…
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