New Book Chronicles Advances in Understanding NMO and Provides Blueprint for Other Rare Diseases

The Power of Rare: A Blueprint for a Medical Revolution by Victoria Jackson and Michael Yeaman, PhD, provides a model for breaking down silos of medical research to bring together innovative thinkers to advance understanding of rare diseases. Brian Weinshenker, MD, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic, wrote in his review: “In the last decade, neuromyelitis optica has evolved from being unknown to being a Rosetta stone in the understanding of autoimmune disease. In The Power of Rare, Victoria Jackson tells how she catalyzed this transformation by forging a community of medical and scientific allies to change thinking and solve problems.”