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David Fajgenbaum was in his third year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) 6 years ago, on an obstetrics and gynecology rotation, when he was hit by night sweats, fatigue and weight loss. His final diagnosis: a deadly form of Castleman's disease, a rare immune disorder for which knowledge was depressing shortage. So Fajgenbaum has decided to focus on taking in this disease. He abandoned plans to become an oncologist, jumped medical residency, and enrolled in the business school to build up a network of the center of hundreds of doctors, researchers and company employees in drugs the world to help decipher Castleman. He co-authored papers with his doctor wrote a case study about himself, proposed a new model of the disease, and is coordinating a dozen studies of Castleman his small office at UPenn, where it is Assistant Professor.
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