BDSRA Awards $109,650.00 for Research

At the Annual Conference in Richmond on August 1, 1998, BDSRA awarded the following grants for research in Batten Disease.

Beverly Davidson, Ph.D., University of Iowa - $ 17,500
“A knock-in mouse to evaluate CLN3”

Terry Lerner, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital - $ 25,000
“The molecular basis of late-infantile NCL”

David Palmer, Ph.D., Lincoln University, New Zealand - $ 23,400
“Neuronal cultures in Batten Disease”

Nan Zhong, Ph.D., Institute for Basic Research - $ 20,000
“Molecular pathogenic studies of the NCL”

Mark Sands, Ph.D., Univ. of Washington in St Louis - $ 10,000
“Adeno-associated virus gene therapy for Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis”

Nan Zhong, Ph.D., Institute for Basic Research - $ 7,500
“A novel molecular testing for NCL families and carriers”

Laura Aberg, MD, University of Helsinki, Finland -  $ 6,600
“Evaluation and treatment of extrapyramidal signs in Batten Disease”

A. N. Siakotos, Ph.D. - Indiana University, - $ 6,150
“Lipid supplementation increases the severity of Batten Disease. Part II: An approach to treatment and therapy in Batten Disease”

Rose-Mary Boustany, MD, Duke University - $ 3,500
“Finding the gene for the Costa-Rican LINCL variant”
 
 

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