Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB), jointly with the Ramón Areces Foundation and in collaboration with "la Caixa" Foundation, organize this symposium that will focus on diagnostic and therapeutic advances in relation to rare diseases and big data and will allow interaction between national and international experts on the subject.

A rare disease is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population, however a high percentage of population can be involved, in fact the World Health Organization (WHO) consider 7000 rare diseases, affecting 7% of the population. Three million people with rare disease are estimated in Spain. The access to the symposium will be free and there will be present patients' associations, students, general population, research centers, nurses, and universities, making it more interactive and educational.

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Venue: CosmoCaixa Auditorium · Isaac Newton, 26 · Barcelona