Entries by Neale Sterio

Genetically tailored splice-modulating therapy for A-T

Research Project information Principal researcher: Dr Timothy Yu Institute: Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital Cost: $518,000 over 12 months in partnership with A-TCP Completion date: Still ongoing Action for A-T provided $23,000 towards the initial “Design and Test” stage of a new ASO study developed by the US based A-T Children’s Project. Project Overview Several ASO drugs have […]

Identifying new therapies for blood cancers in patients with A-T

Research Project information Principal researcher:  Professor Malcolm Taylor Institute:  University of Birmingham Cost: £95,373 over 24 months in partnership with BrAshA-T Project Completion Date: 31st of January 2020 Project Overview Patients with Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) have an increased risk of developing blood cancers. These patients do not have a protein called ATM which is important for […]

Cycling for Research

September was a busy month at Action for A-T, with two big groups of supporters Cycling for Research in separate challenges. Our first event took place on 15-16 September, with a team of 35 cyclists covering 250km over two days from Lyon to Bourg d’Oisans. This involved climbing almost 15,000 feet, including taking on the […]

Longitudinal brain changes in childhood A-T

Research Project information Principal researcher:  Dr Rob Dineen Institute:  University of Nottingham Cost: £85,841 in partnership with BrAshA-T Duration: 31.5 months (originally 18 months + 7.5 months no-cost extension due to maternity and an additional 6 months no-cost extension due to the COVID pandemic) Project Completion Date: 30th of November 2020 Project Overview In a previous […]

Unravelling the antibody deficiency in Ataxia Telangiectasia

Research Project information Principal researcher:  Associate Professor Mirjam Van der Burg Institute:   Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands Cost: £100,000 (the team required a no cost extension, taking the project closer to three years rather than the original two years planned) Project Completion Date: 30th of November 2020 Project Overview A-T is characterised by progressive […]