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Research Project information Principal researcher: Dr Jean-Pierre De Villartay Institute: The IMAGINE Institute for Genetic Diseases, Paris Cost: £65,000 over 12 months Start Date: 1st of February 2020 What are the researchers proposing to do? The ATM protein is one of the critical components necessary for the repair of DNA damage in human cells. In patients with A-T, who […]
Our amazing patron, Naga Munchetty took part in the celebrity edition of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on Saturday 4th January alongside Frank Skinner and Martine McCutcheon. After breezing through the earlier questions, Naga quickly used up two of her three lifelines on a question about the first name of a famous literary doctor before […]
Research Project information Principal researcher: Institute: University of Granada Cost: £100,000 over 36 months Start Date: 15th of November 2019 What are the researchers proposing to do? Gene therapy is a technique for correcting genetic defect by inserting a healthy copy of a gene into cells (replacing a faulty gene). To deliver a gene into cells, scientists […]
Research Project information Principal researcher: Dr Samuel Nayler Institute: University of Oxford Cost: £98,200 over 12 months in partnership BrAshA-T Start Date: 1st of September 2019 What are the researchers proposing to do? Dr Nayler and team are proposing to make cerebellar organoids or ‘mini-brains’ from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). iPSCs have been made from the skin of […]
Research Project information Principal researchers: Dr William Whitehouse & Dr Emily Petley Institute: University of Nottingham Cost: £177,865.96 over 24 months in partnership with the A-T Society and BrAshA-T Start Date: 7th of August 2019 What are the researchers proposing to do? Dr William Whitehouse, along with Dr Emily Petley and professionals from the two UK national A-T clinics, […]
Action for A-T strongly believes that there are many opportunities to further the search for a treatment or cure for A-T through working with other like-minded organisations that may have overlapping aims or objectives to our own. Over the years, we have invested in a variety of projects which have significantly increased the amount of […]
Research Project information Principal researchers: Professor Steve Jackson and Dr Rimma Belotserkovskaya Institute: The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge Cost: £199,111 over 24 months Project Completion Date: April 2019 This research project was jointly managed and funded with the US-based A-T Children’s Project. Project Overview Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), is caused by mutations in the ATM gene. This […]
Research Project information Principal researcher: Dr James Dixon Institute: University of Nottingham Cost: ~£105,000 over 24 months in partnership with A-TCP Start Date: September 2018 Action for A-T has provided £50,000 towards this project which is being funded and managed by the US based A-T Children’s Project. What are the researchers proposing to do? Non-viral gene therapy has the […]
Action for A-T strongly believes that there are many opportunities to further the search for a treatment or cure for A-T through working with other like-minded organisations that may have overlapping aims or objectives to our own. We have significantly increased the amount of research taking place in our short history, but there is only […]
Alison Green tells us in her own words why she has decided to join the Action for A-T Virgin Money London Marathon team. Although I have completed marathons in the past, they have always been a challenge following a ski accident where I fractured my pelvis. There has been the physical tiredness, the mental capacity […]
16th August 2020
Research Project information Principal researcher: Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz Institute: Royal Holloway, University of London Cost: £240,000 over 28 months Start Date: 7th November 2017 (4 month extension to February 2020 granted in September 2019) What are the researchers proposing to do? Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) is caused by mutations in the ATM gene and more than 600 different mutations […]
Our wonderful daughter was recently diagnosed with A-T at just 21 months old. We didn’t think that anything was wrong before she was about 14 months. Then we noticed that her back and head seemed more unstable than normal. Initially, she started some physical exercise as we hoped that this type of training would help with the unsteadiness. […]
Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation, the past players network of Wasps men and women, amateur and professional, announced at their annual Long Lunch that one of their charity partners for 2018 will be Action for A-T. Each year, Wasps Legends come together for a charity lunch, to raise money for the Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation. This […]
