{"id":4552,"date":"2025-05-15T13:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:51:03","slug":"muenzer-mps-center-team-wears-purple-to-support-mps-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/2025\/05\/muenzer-mps-center-team-wears-purple-to-support-mps-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Muenzer MPS Center Team Wears Purple to Support MPS Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapel Hill, NC \u2014 The team at the <em data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"244\">Muenzer MPS Research &amp; Treatment Center<\/em>\u00a0joined the global rare disease community in recognizing MPS Awareness Day by proudly wearing purple\u2014a color symbolizing strength, resilience, and unity across the MPS community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4142\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-300x202.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-1024x689.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-768x517.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-1536x1034.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-2048x1378.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-600x404.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Muenzer MPS Center Team in purple for MPS Awareness Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"944\">Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of seven rare, genetic lysosomal storage disorders that impact both children and adults. While individually rare, collectively they affect thousands of individuals worldwide. MPS Awareness Day is observed each year on May 15 to increase public understanding of these complex conditions and to support efforts for earlier diagnosis, more effective treatments, and comprehensive care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1297\">By participating in MPS Awareness Day, the Muenzer MPS Center continues its mission to advocate for individuals and families living with MPS. In addition to providing expert, multidisciplinary care, the Center leads groundbreaking research efforts, including clinical trials and natural history studies, aimed at improving outcomes for those affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapel Hill, NC \u2014 The team at the Muenzer MPS Research &amp; Treatment Center\u00a0joined the global rare disease community in recognizing MPS Awareness Day by proudly wearing purple\u2014a color symbolizing strength, resilience, and unity across the MPS community. Muenzer MPS Center Team in purple for MPS Awareness Day Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of seven &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/2025\/05\/muenzer-mps-center-team-wears-purple-to-support-mps-awareness-day\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Muenzer MPS Center Team Wears Purple to Support MPS Awareness Day\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119071,"featured_media":4142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839.jpeg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-300x202.jpeg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-768x517.jpeg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-1024x689.jpeg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2025\/05\/IMG_3388-scaled-e1747407559839-150x150.jpeg","featured_image_alt":"Muenzer MPS Center Team in purple for MPS Awareness Day","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4557,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552\/revisions\/4557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}