Are CDG treatable?

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Are CDG treatable?

Currently there are specific treatments for some CDG, but unfortunately most CDG still lack targeted and effective treatments. Fortunately, clinical and therapeutic research in CDG have been blossoming!

To know more about CDG Therapies read the publication CDG Therapies: From Bench to Bedside and request us for the full publication at https://worldcdg.org/contact .

Other top 5 publications are:

Learn more about CDG, move ahead to our community tailored sections across https://worldcdg.org/ and read the following reliable sources of information:

Dedicated to CDG from Children’s hospital of Philadelphia here
NORD offers an overview about CDG here
Visit the new Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center Website here. Also to know its features watch Rare Diseases are Not Rare – A Training on Rare Disease Resources
Mayo Clinic Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) Clinic sees website here
Orphanet, the portal for rare diseases and orphan drugs offers summaries here

“It is of extreme importance that every person in the CDG community becomes one united voice and takes every conquest in a specific CDG as a victory for the whole community. It is important to keep this in mind because CDG are all connected and a new finding regarding one of them will give tools to improve basic and therapeutic research in the others.” By Vanessa Ferreira, sister to Princess Liliana who lives with CDG.

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Vanessa Ferreira and Rita Francisco (CDG & Allies, World CDG organisation and Portuguese Association for CDG), Alice Neves from Sci and Volunteer Program Nova School of Science and Technology 2021. Ana Sofia Rodrigues (content management, CDG & Allies FCT, NOVA University, World CDG Organization and Portuguese Association for CDG).

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