RACE TO CURE LEUKODYSTROPHY
Invitation to support ALDS in our RACE TO CURE LEUKODYSTROPHY at the 2013 Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon Some of you would have already heard of Associate Professor Matthias Klugmann who is doing amazing work with his Sydney based team in the race to a cure for leukodystrophies, devastating neurological disorders also known as myelin diseases. The members of this research team have now united to swap their lab coats for singlets to pound the Sydney pavements in the upcoming Sydney Morning H...
AGM – Gene Therapy for Leukodystrophy
There is currently very little research into white matter diseases in Australia. This has changed when Associate Professor Matthias Klugmann and his team started their work in the Translational Neuroscience Facility at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2010. Since then Matthias was awarded a prestigious Future Fellowship by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for his research program on the role of a major brain metabolite in the etiology of leukodystrophies. More good news followed...
December 17th, 2012 | Categories: Articles, Conferences
Gene Discovery – A Leap Beyond
Originally published in The Courier-Mail by Janelle Miles in October 2012, read about the enduring research and wonderful discovery, in particular with reference to our lovely Damiani family and little Massimo.
October 30th, 2012 | Categories: News
Australian Transplant Games
We are so proud of Josh Yates, an ALDS WA member who recently attended the Australian Transplant Games in Newcastle NSW. Josh won 9 medals most of which were in his age group 18-29 years and just to put those performances into perspective, we believe Josh was the only athlete at the games who in addition to being a transplantee, also happened to be legally blind. Congratulations Josh. Gold – 5km Race Walk (all ages) Silver – Pétanque – Singles Silver – Badminton – Singles ...
October 30th, 2012 | Categories: Events, Fundraising, News
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