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Research Project information Principal researcher: Dr Samuel Nayler Institute: University of Oxford Cost: £81,718 over 12 months in partnership BrAshA-T Project Completion Date: 31st of December 2020 Project Overview What makes a person with A-T different from you or I? Since the ATM gene was first identified in 1995, numerous teams world-wide have committed themselves to investigating this question. […]
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We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Third Sector Business Charity Awards 2020 under the category of best automotive and transport partnership. In 2019, the staff and customers of the automotive company BCA joined forces to raise funds for Action for A-T. BCA partnered with Action for A-T to deliver a mass […]
Research Project information Principal researcher: Dr Vincenzo Costanzo Institute: IFOM – The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy Cost: £99,936 over 36 months Project Completion Date: November 2019 *This project was made possible thanks to the funds raised by the 2016 Scumrun participants and donations made in memory of Stephen Green. Stephen was riding for Action for A-T when […]
Research Project information Principal researchers: Munira Khan & Dr Lisa Bunn Institute: University of Plymouth Cost: £89,862.48 over 36 months Start Date: 1st of February 2020 (no cost extension granted until August 2024) What are the researchers proposing to do? This project aims to provide the foundations for therapy research into ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). A large team of parents, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on charities around the globe, with the cancellation of thousands of events and the loss of billions in fundraising income. In the UK, the organisers of the biggest mass-participation sports events such as the London Marathon have come together to create a new campaign to raise vital […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on charities around the globe, with the cancellation of thousands of events and the loss of billions in fundraising income. In the UK, the organisers of the biggest mass-participation sports events such as the London Marathon have come together to create a new campaign to raise vital […]
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 […]
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. […]
