{"id":4717,"date":"2026-02-27T12:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:19:11","slug":"muenzer-mps-center-team-raises-rare-disease-awareness-at-unc-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/2026\/02\/muenzer-mps-center-team-raises-rare-disease-awareness-at-unc-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Muenzer MPS Center Team Raises Rare Disease Awareness at UNC Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4718 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rare Disease Day MPS Center team\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Members of the Muenzer MPS Research &amp; Treatment Center team recently participated in a Rare Disease awareness event at <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">UNC Health<\/span><\/span>, engaging with healthcare professionals, patients, and hospital visitors to help increase understanding of rare diseases.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"818\">During the event, the team shared educational resources and spoke with members of the hospital community about mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) and the importance of specialized care, research, and early diagnosis for individuals living with these rare conditions. The event also provided an opportunity to highlight the role of the Muenzer MPS Research &amp; Treatment Center in advancing clinical care, research, and education for patients and families affected by MPS.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"1062\">Rare Disease awareness events help foster greater understanding among healthcare providers and the public, while emphasizing the importance of continued research and collaboration to improve outcomes for individuals living with rare diseases.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1215\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Muenzer MPS Center remains committed to raising awareness and supporting the rare disease community through education, clinical care, and research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Muenzer MPS Research &amp; Treatment Center team recently participated in a Rare Disease awareness event at UNC Health, engaging with healthcare professionals, patients, and hospital visitors to help increase understanding of rare diseases. During the event, the team shared educational resources and spoke with members of the hospital community about mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/2026\/02\/muenzer-mps-center-team-raises-rare-disease-awareness-at-unc-hospitals\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Muenzer MPS Center Team Raises Rare Disease Awareness at UNC Hospitals\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119071,"featured_media":4718,"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-4717","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\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day-300x225.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1312\/2026\/03\/Rare-Disease-Team-Day-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"Rare Disease Day MPS Center team","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\/4717","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=4717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4720,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions\/4720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/muenzer-mps-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}