Genetic Counseling Helps Make Sense of Ectodermal Dysplasia

If you or your loved one recently received an ectodermal dysplasia diagnosis, you may have more questions than answers at first. How did this happen? Can our future children have it?  Should I have other family members tested? All of your questions are valid ones and normal to have following a diagnosis. The specialist best…

What do your Family Conference fees actually pay for?

Basically, all your fees pay for is your food. We solicit sponsors, grants and use general donations to fund room rentals, speakers’ (12-15 unbelievable docs and dentists donate their time each year) and staff travel, scholarship recipients, off site activities, AV rental and childcare costs.The NFED absorbs 75% of the cost of the event. The 2012…

Genetic Testing Offer

Males Affected by HED Needed for Research Project at the Family Conference!!! Dear NFED Family, In a research collaboration planned for the 2011 National Family Conference, Edimer Pharmaceutical, Inc. will be working with the NFED to characterize skin properties in male siblings affected by HED and unaffected male controls using skin assessment techniques.  As part of…