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A new drug for cutaneous sarcoidosis exceeded all expectations in a clinical trial, improving patients' severe skin lesions far beyond what researchers hoped for. The breakthrough offers hope to thousands living with a rare disease that has few treatment options.
Elizabeth Obih-Frank was diagnosed with a rare inflammatory disease at 22 that destroyed nearly half her lung capacity. Now 66, she's completed 14 marathons using a simple run-walk method that rebuilt her endurance one interval at a time. ##
After two rare diseases nearly killed her, Fleur Marks wrote a book helping overachievers find balance before burnout breaks them. Her promise to help others is saving lives while she fights for her own.
Bertrand Nelson made medical history as the first person with HIV to receive a lung transplant from an HIV-positive donor, opening new possibilities for thousands awaiting organs. His successful surgery marks a turning point in how we treat people living with HIV who face end-stage organ disease.
Sarah Moin, 19, who cannot see, hear, or speak, just topped her high school class with nearly perfect scores. Now she's setting her sights on becoming a civil servant to help others like her.