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December 26, 2012 06:47 pm PST

Jack Klugmans secret, lifesaving legacy: fighting for awareness of "orphan" diseases

One thing you may not know about the late "Quincy" star Jack Klugman: he advocated for the development of treatments for rare diseases. "The problem wasthat many terrible diseases didnt afflict enough people to enticepharmaceutical companies to develop treatments. Hence they were'orphan' diseases. They included Tourettes syndrome, musculardystrophy, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, ALS and many [...]


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