PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A University of Pennsylvania professor's quest to find a cure for his own rare disease is now helping millions of others dealing with their rare diseases.
Dr. David Fajgenbaum attended the White House Rare Disease Forum on Wednesday.
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He announced his nonprofit, Every Cure, was awarded $48.3 million from the Biden administration.
The funding will accelerate research to identify existing medicines that can be re-purposed to treat currently untreated diseases.