HISTORIC DIAGNOSIS FEATURED IN TODAY'S LIVE EPISODE OF CHASING THE CURE

VIDEO: Clips from tonight's episode of TNT's Chasing the Cure    HISTORIC DIAGNOSIS FEATURED IN TODAY'S LIVE EPISODE OF CHASING THE CURE  Mother and Daughter Receive Ultra-Rare Diagnosis Debra and her daughter Delaney both suffer from major cornea problems that have made them legally blind. Debra also has severe deformations in her hands and feet, and Delaney is beginning to suffer from the same bone and connective tissue problems as her mother. Their combination of physical symptoms fit no known disease, until Chasing the Cure introduced them to a geneticist at the San Diego company Illumina, which sequenced their genome and found they shared a variant on a single gene known as DDR2. That genetic data, combined with Debra and Delaney’s distinctive physical features, identified them as having Warburg-Cinotti syndrome. There are only 6 confirmed cases in the entire world, and Debra and Delaney became patients 7 and 8.   Doctors Astonished by Unprecedented Diagnosis  According to Dr. Bon Ku, "This is absolutely mind-blowing. DNA sequencing combined with the open sharing of medical data and releasing the data to researchers and clinicians across the planet has the ability to revolutionize medicine."  Next Week on Chasing the Cure  We help Sharon who suffers from a painful and mysterious wound that is eating away her skin. Visit ChasingTheCureLive.com to view the patient case files mentioned in tonight's episode. Chasing the Cure airs Thursdays at 9pm ET (live) and at 9pm PT simultaneously on TNT and TBS.   Connect with Chasing the Cure Full Episodes: www.tntdrama.com/chasingthecure Official Website: ChasingTheCureLive.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/ChasingTheCure/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/ChasingTheCure Twitter: twitter.com/ChasingTheCure Facebook: facebook.com/ChasingTheCure