After six intense years of fighting against an unknown disease that burst into Joaquin's life at three years of age, and performing all the necessary exams to identify the disease and failing in each of them, Joaquin was diagnosed in March of 2017 through Rare Genomics’ philanthropic program iHope with Illumina.
RG had the privilege of helping a patient who was referred by the leader of Hailey-Hailey Disease (HHD) Worldwide Support Group. The patient has a very rare and debilitating blistering skin condition known as Hailey-Hailey Disease.