Home Our genetics make us unique our struggles and triumphs unite us. Our Mission Identify Assist Treat Our mission is to help identify and assist individuals with rare genetic disorders and to work with interested researchers to develop treatment options and cures for those disorders. Our initial focus is on increasing awareness and understanding of patients with DHPS deficiencies and evaluating potential treatments to address those deficiencies. DHPS in the News Recessive Rare Variants in Deoxyhypusine Synthase an Enzyme Involved in the Synthesis of Hypusine Are Associated with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder IBRI Collaboration Helps Discover a New Genetic Disease 1 IN 10 AMERICANS ARE AFFECTED BY A RARE DISEASE 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ARE AFFECTED BY A RARE DISEASE 350 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY ARE AFFECTED BY A RARE DISEASE OVER 7000 DISTINCT RARE DISEASES EXIST APPROXIMATELY 80 OF RARE DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY FAULTY GENES 50 OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY RARE DISEASES ARE CHILDREN MAKING RARE DISEASES ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY AND DEBILITATING FOR CHILDREN WORLDWIDE ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSTITUTE.