Ataxia-Telangiectasia: An emerging role for inflammation in driving neurodegeneration and premature ageing [ 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2022 ]

Research Grant

Brief description Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) is a devastating genetic disease that arises in early childhood and causes patients to die in their twenties. To date there is no cure, and therapeutics are desperately needed. This project will use state-of-the-art brain organoids derived from stem cells of A-T patients in order to better understand this disease and evaluate novel drugs that target the molecular mechanisms that drive chronic inflammation and brain neurodegeneration in children with A-T.

Funding Amount $437,436

Funding Scheme Ideas Grants

Chief Investigator Dr Julio Aguado Perez

Notes Ideas Grants