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Once Upon A Gene
As a new parent of a child with a rare genetic syndrome, I was lost. There was no guide. There was no rulebook. This was not what I had imagined. As I navigated my way through this new reality, I realized something that should have been simple, but was not. A truth that had always been there, but that I had lost sight of for a time - I am not alone. And neither are you. These are the stories of my family, and of families like ours. These are the stories of how we have persevered, cried, bonded…
Episodes
Once Upon A GeneLove, Hope and Cure SYNGAP
Background music by: Title: Living Life Author: Scott Holmes https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/inspiring-background-music Source: Free Music…
Once Upon A GeneEvery Patient Matters - Discovering, Developing, and Providing Experimental ASO Treatments to Nano-Rare Patients for Free with n-Lorem Founder and CEO Stan Crooke
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 175 Every Patient Matters - Discovering, Developing, and Providing Experimental ASO Treatments to Nano-Rare Patients for Free with…

Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - To the Moon and Back
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 174 A Rare Collection - To the Moon and Back There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection…
Once Upon A GeneHonoring a Husbands Legacy by Finishing His Work on a Documentary About Rare Disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Her Own Grief Along the Way with Sarah Potter
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 173 Honoring a Husband’s Legacy by Finishing His Work on a Documentary About Rare Disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Her Own Grief…

Once Upon A GeneFrom Cancer Biologist to Rare Disease Mom - Digging Into the Data to Better Understand SCN8A with Madeleine Oudin PhD - Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 172 From Cancer Biologist to Rare Disease Mom - Digging Into the Data to Better Understand SCN8A with Madeleine Oudin PhD -…
Once Upon A GeneNever Give Up - Two Decades of Struggles From Diagnosing Their Children to Starting a Clinical Trial For Aspartylglucosaminuria with Rare Mom Julia Taravella
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 171 Never Give Up - Two Decades of Struggles From Diagnosing Their Children to Starting a Clinical Trial For Aspartylglucosaminuria…

Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - New Beginnings
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 170 A Rare Collection - New Beginnings There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection is a…
Once Upon A GeneHappiness Is Meant to Be Shared with Author, Storyteller, and NEMO Dadvocate Andrés Treviño
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 169 Happiness Is Meant to Be Shared with Author, Storyteller, and NEMO dadvocate Andrés Treviño Andrés Treviño is a dadvocate…

Once Upon A GeneBeing Brave, Curious and Motivated to Help Make a Difference with DLG4 Research Mama Payal Patel
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 168 Being Brave, Curious and Motivated to Help Make a Difference with DLG4 Research Mama Payal Patel I met Payal Patel at the 2022…
Once Upon A GeneCare Team Prescription - The Importance of Clinical Pharmacists with Chase Palmer
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 167 Care Team Prescription - The Importance of Clinical Pharmacists with Chase Palmer Chase Palmer is a pharmacist on the board of…

Once Upon A GeneA Focus On Patient Advocacy - Participation In Research and the Importance of an Engaged Patient Advocacy Group with Wendy Kay Chung, MD
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 166 A Focus On Patient Advocacy - Participation In Research and the Importance of an Engaged Patient Advocacy Group with Wendy Kay…
Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - Holiday Cheer
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 165 A Rare Collection - Holiday Cheer There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection is a…

Once Upon A GeneThe Clinical Pharmacist - Why They Are A VIP For Our Care Team and How We Can Get to Know Them - With NARS1 Rare Disease Mom - Rachel Heilmann
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 164 The Clinical Pharmacist - Why They Are A VIP For Our Care Team and How We Can Get to Know Them - With NARS1 Rare Disease Mom -…
Once Upon A GeneHow Far We've Come - A Look at the FOXG1 Research and Family Conference with Rare Mama and Co Founder Nicole Johnson
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 163 How Far We've Come - A Look at the FOXG1 Research and Family Conference with Rare Mama and Co Founder Nicole Johnson FOXG1…

Once Upon A GeneYour Career and Personal Life Collide - Senior Vice President, Head of Development and Safety of Alexion, AstraZeneca and Smith Magenis Rare Disease Dad Gianluca Pirozzi
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 162 Your Career and Personal Life Collide - Senior Vice President, Head of Development and Safety of Alexion, AstraZeneca and Smith…
Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - Beep, Beep, Beep
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 161 A Rare Collection - Beep Beep Beep There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection is a…

Once Upon A GeneA Mom's Advocacy For Her Son Who Has Hemophilia B Led to Her Own Diagnosis - With Stormy Johnson
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 160 A Mom's Advocacy For Her Son Who Has Hemophilia B Led to Her Own Diagnosis - With Stormy Johnson Stormy Johnson has a son…
Once Upon A GeneSocial Security Disability Revealed - Why It's So Hard to Access Benefits and What You Can Do About It with Spencer Bishins
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 159 Social Security Disability Revealed - Why It's So Hard to Access Benefits and What You Can Do About It with Spencer Bishins…

Once Upon A GeneMedical Student - Urvi Gupta Joins the Global Genes Rare Compassion Program with Alexions Patient Advocacy Champion Wendy Erler
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 158 Medical Student - Urvi Gupta Joins the Global Genes Rare Compassion Program with Alexions Patient Advocacy Champion Wendy Erler…
Once Upon A GeneThe Effects of Rare Disease on Relationships and How to Cope When You and Your Partner Have Different Strategies with KCNH1 Founder and Rare Mama Michaelle Jinnette
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 157 Episode 157 - The Effects of Rare Disease on Relationships and How to Cope When You and Your Partner Have Different Strategies…

Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - Batten Down the Hatches
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 156 A Rare Collection - Batten Down the Hatches There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare…
Once Upon A GeneCRELD1 Dadvocate Paying the Ultimate Price - Seeking Diagnosis for His Two Children, and Raising Awareness with Adam Clatworthy
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 155 CRELD1 Dadvocate Paying the Ultimate Price - Seeking Diagnosis for His Two Children, and Raising Awareness with Adam Clatworthy…

Once Upon A GeneA Groundbreaking Gene Therapy In Record Time to Cure His Son with SPG50 Sets a New Course For Future Rare Disease Treatments with Terry Pirovalakis
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 154 A Groundbreaking Gene Therapy In Record Time to Cure His Son with SPG50 Sets a New Course For Future Rare Disease Treatments…
Once Upon A GeneImproving Inclusion Practices in Schools with the Inclusive Educator - Bre Gastaldi
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 153 Improving Inclusion Practices in Schools with the Inclusive Educator - Bre Gastaldi Bre Gastaldi is known as the Inclusive…

Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - Underestimated
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 152 A Rare Collection - Underestimated There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection is a…
Once Upon A GeneRare Friends Forever - Hanging Out and Showing Some Love to Brene Brown with Katie Lloyd and Adam Johnson
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 151 Rare Friends Forever - Hanging Out and Showing Some Love to Brene Brown with Katie Lloyd and Adam Johnson Adam "Dadvocate"…

Once Upon A GeneRare Disease Families Have Plenty of Hope - What They Need is Help. Transforming Drug Development w/ NF2 Biosolutions, Nicole Henwood & Vibe Bio, Alok Tayi
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 150 Rare Disease Families Have Plenty of Hope - They Need Help with Drug Development with NF2 Biosolutions Found - Nicole Henwood…
Once Upon A GeneTogether We Can Cure Single-Gene Disorders Starting with PGAP3 - Moonshot - An Ambitious and Innovative Project with Geri and Zach Landman
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 149 Together We Can Cure Single-Gene Disorders Starting with PGAP3 - Moonshot - An Ambitious and Innovative Project with Geri and…

Once Upon A GeneRare Disease Siblings, The Glass House Children - Bulletproof and Shattered - With SMA Sibling Cara Freedman
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 148 Rare Disease Siblings, The Glass House Children - Bulletproof and Shattered - With SMA Sibling Cara Freedman August is Spinal…
Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - Easier Said Than Done
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 147 A Rare Collection - Easier Said Than Done There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection…

Once Upon A GeneWhen Your Career and Personal Life Collide - VP of Medical and Science Strategy and Head of Syneos Health's Rare Disease Consortium FSHD Rare Dad - Raymond Huml
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 146 When Your Career and Personal Life Collide - VP of Medical and Science Strategy and Head of Syneos Health's Rare Disease…
Once Upon A GeneEnsuring that the Patient and Caregiver Voice are Part of Clinical Trial Design and Engagement - Bridging the Gap with Industry with Shazia Ahmad
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 145 Ensuring that the Patient and Caregiver Voice are Part of Clinical Trial Design and Engagement - Bridging the Gap with Industry…
Once Upon A GeneEffisode - CTNNB1 Awareness Day - Rare Disease Family Meet-Up
Intro music by Scott Holmes
Once Upon A GeneSummer Surfing - Get On Top of the IEP Wave - Things You Can Do This Summer to Make Next Year Better with Gay Grossman
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 144 Summer Surfing - Get On Top of the IEP Wave - Things You Can Do This Summer to Make Next Year Better with Gay Grossman Gay…
Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - I Will Never Forget
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 148 A Rare Collection - I Will Never Forget There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection…
Once Upon A GeneEffisode - Back on Track - All Aboard the Inclusion Train
Intro music by Scott Holmes
Once Upon A GeneHalf of the Day She's a Diversity Champion, the Other Half a Rare Disease Mom and Caregiver with Yosr Hamza
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 142 Half of the Day She's a Diversity Champion, the Other Half a Rare Disease Mom and Caregiver with Yosr Hamza Yosr Hamza is a…
Once Upon A GeneA Rare Mama Bear - Being a Single Parent and Adopting a Rare Disease Child with Epidermolysis Bullosa
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 141 A Rare Mama Bear - Being a Single Parent and Adopting a Rare Disease Child with Epidermolysis Bullosa Laura Dellicker is a…
Once Upon A GeneEffisode - Global Genes RARE Disease Patient Advocacy Summit
Intro music by Scott Holmes
Once Upon A GenePicking the Brain of a Rare Disease Dad - With CTNNB1 Dadvocate - Casey Parks
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 140 Picking the Brain of a Rare Disease Dad - with CTNNB1 Dadvocate - Casey Parks CTNNB1 Dadvocate Casey Parks, is back to talk…
Once Upon A GeneA Rare Collection - Remember Who You Are
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 139 A Rare Collection - Remember Who You Are There's power in storytelling- for the listener and the storyteller. A Rare Collection…

Once Upon A GeneEpisode 138 - When Your Child is Facing the Most Severe Form of Human Epilepsy You fight Until the Death - Literally - Chelsea's Hope Lafora Children Research Fund with Niki Markou and Jenifer Merriam
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 138 When Your Child is Facing the Most Severe Form of Human Epilepsy You Fight Until the Death - Literally - Chelsea's Hope Lafora…
Once Upon A GeneAdvancing Therapies for Rare Liver Diseases and Alagille Syndrome with FDA Approved LIVMARLI with Chris Peetz - CEO of Mirum Pharmaceuticals
ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 137 Advancing Therapies for Rare Liver Diseases and Alagille Syndrome with FDA Approved LIVMARLI with Chris Peetz - CEO of Mirum…
