Entries by Sean Kelly

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

12th March 2021 in , , /by

Research Project information Principal researcher: Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz Institute: Royal Holloway, University of London Cost: £40,000 over 36 months Start Date: 1st November 2021 (no cost extension granted until March 2025) What are the researchers proposing to do? Following the completion of their original study, the Royal Holloway based team led by Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz identified […]

The use of patient stem cell-derived mini-brains to study A-T

31st December 2020 in , , /by

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. […]

Business Charity Awards 2020

19th March 2020 in /by

  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 […]

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

6th March 2020 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 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 […]

Naga wins big on Who Wants to be a Millionaire

5th January 2020 in /by

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 […]

Identifying potential mechanisms to suppress A-T pathologies

30th April 2019 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 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 […]

26 Steps for A-T

21st April 2018 in /by

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 […]

26 Steps for A-T – Together we are Stronger

20th April 2018 in /by

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 […]

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 […]