Entries by Sean Kelly

New Collaborative partnership with BrAshA-T Ataxia-Telangiectasia

13th February 2018 in /by

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 […]

Running for Research

29th January 2018 in /by

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 […]

Development of CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing as a Treatment for Ataxia Telangiectasia

15th December 2017 in , , /by

Research Project information Principal researcher: Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz Institute: Royal Holloway, University of London Cost: £200,00 over 24 months Start Date: 7th November 2017 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 have been identified in patients. The aim of this project […]

Our Story

7th December 2017 in , /by

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 Foundation to support Action for A-T in 2018

2nd November 2017 in /by

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 […]

BCA raise record funds for A-T research

31st October 2017 in /by

On 14 September, a team of amateur and fun riders from BCA and the wider motor industry gathered at BCA Blackbushe, before embarking on a 400km ride to Paris with the goal of raising funds and awareness for Action for A-T. Forty-five riders took part in the BCA Paris Challenge in total, along with support […]

PCD Mice as an animal model of Ataxia in A-T

1st September 2017 in , /by

Research Project Information Principal researchers: Professor Kamran Khodakhah Institute: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Grant award: Funded in partnership with the A-T Children’s Project Project completion date: July 2013 Project Overview One of the symptoms of ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a progressive loss of muscle coordination called ataxia. Unfortunately, no current treatments can prevent this process. For effective […]

Identifying potential mechanisms to suppress A-T pathologies

11th April 2017 in , , /by

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 Start Date: May 2017 This research project is jointly managed and funded with the US-based A-T Children’s Project. What are the researchers proposing to do? Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), caused by mutations in the […]

Surrey Digital Awards 2017

24th January 2017 in /by

Finalists Announced We are delighted to have been selected as a finalist for the third annual Surrey Digital Awards! A huge range of industries are represented, proving the huge wealth of talent on offer across the whole county. Action for A-T have been nominated in the best website category and will be competing alongside seven other schools, education providers […]

Scumrun raises vital funds for Action for A-T

2nd December 2016 in /by

Scumrun, now in its eleventh year, is the original charity driving event whose participants raise much needed funds for children’s charities. The 2016 event took place in May 2016 with fifty plus cars making the journey across Europe, taking on new challenges in mystery locations each day. All participants were driving a car costing under […]

The Stephen Green project for the study and treatment of DNA production defects in Ataxia Telangiectasia

5th August 2016 in , , /by

Research Project information Principal researcher:  Dr Vincenzo Costanzo Institute: IFOM – The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy Cost: £99,936 over 36 months Start Date: December 2016 What are the researchers proposing to do? The research team will test the hypothesis that ATM (the protein which is missing or not functioning completely in A-T) controls the chemical reactions required […]

The Boys’ Story

29th March 2016 in /by

We have 4 exceptionally wonderful children. Our twin boys were diagnosed with A-T over 5 years ago. To say it came as a shock is an understatement. Apart from their balance not being quite right, they hit every developmental milestone in their early childhood so we were not expecting a serious diagnosis at all. I […]