The UAB Undiagnosed Diseases Program, an affiliate site of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) since 2022, has received another UDN award from the National Institutes of Health. A previous X01 Resource Access Award in 2023 designated the program as a Diagnostic Center of Excellence, and this latest award transitions it to a U01 Cooperative Agreement that enables additional funding.

UAB Medicine’s Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) seeks to meet the needs of patients with severe chronic medical conditions that haven’t been diagnosed despite extensive efforts by other physicians. The program is a collaboration between UAB Medicine, Children’s of Alabama, and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. This approach ensures input from a team of experts, who use cutting-edge genetic and […]