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Hereditary pancreatitis patient, Christine Cataldo, with her family.
Patient ResourcesPatient Stories
September 5, 2018

Living with Pancreatitis: The Importance of Hope

Interview with Chronic Pancreatitis Patient, Christine Cataldo  In the summer of 2018, Mission: Cure’s intern, Gabriela Gil, sat down with Christine Cataldo, a patient volunteer with Mission: Cure, to learn more about Christine’s experiences living with chronic pancreatitis. Diagnosed with pancreatitis linked to the PRSS1 genetic mutation in 2002, Christine shared stories how her condition was identified, discussed her family’s relationship with the disease, and emphasized the importance of patient advocacy in pancreatitis research: (more…)
GeneticsPatient ResourcesWebinarsWebinars: Genetics
November 14, 2018

Pancreatitis and Genetics: New Science Shows Pancreatitis Likely to be Hereditary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrEmdmgaLQ&t=5s Pancreatitis is Often Caused by Genetics In November 2018, Mission: Cure hosted a webinar for chronic and recurrent acute pancreatitis patients on new genetic discoveries related to pancreatitis. It featured presentations by Dr. David Whitcomb of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Dr. Mark Haupt of Ariel Precision Medicine, experts in pancreatitis genetics. The doctors answered many questions from patients, including: Do genetics cause chronic and recurrent acute pancreatitis? Who should get genetic testing? How will research on genetics help us find a cure? Mission: Cure and its partners are using new research on genetics to find pathways…