Precise and tailored- needed or not- surviving to thriving
It is fashionable these days to talk about precision medicine and tailor made/ personalised medicine. Whilst it is easy to say…
aHUS a Physician Patient Partnership or Not
Not many people will have heard of Donal O'Donoghue, He was a nephrologist from the North of England. He was a…
aHUS may not always happen without 3 hits
Although it is thought it might, aHUS does not always happen. It needs 3 hits. It is known that aHUS is…
An exchange about aHUS genetic counselling
Hi I don't have the aHUS gene. Hi That is good, but there is no aHUS gene so you could not…
Percentages and probabilities -AHUS AND MATH(S)
A frequent discussion on aHUS social media platforms is about "probabilities" and "percentages". The probabilities of someone inheriting an aHUS predisposing…
TO STOP OR NOT TO STOP – THAT IS THE QUESTION?
You have had aHUS. The type of aHUS caused by uncontrolled complement, not the other type. You got access to a…
Variants of uncertain significance (VUS) for aHUS
If or when aHUS patients or their families are tested for complement genetic variants which could be the cause of their…
Genetic Testing -aHUS Agenda Topic 6
Genetic testing again a topic but this time it is of the patient; and is important for prognosis as well as…
Familial Genetic Testing- aHUS Agenda Topic 2-
The series about the aHUS Research Agenda continues with second topic about familial genetic testing. When it comes to genetic testing…