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Over 1200 families are caring for a loved one with the rare disease ”SynGAP” resulting from a variant of the SYNGAP1 gene. This 10 minute weekly podcast is for them. A quick summary of the latest news in the space. The host is Mike Graglia, co-founder & managing director of the SynGAP Research Fund. SRF is a parent-led, all volunteer public charity in the US that strives to accelerate research into treatments for SYNGAP1 so that we can help our loved ones in a timeframe that matters. Learn more at https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/
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Saturday Apr 09, 2022
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
#Sprint4Syngap is just 3 weeks away! #S10e55
Special guest host, Peter Halliburton, Development Director at Syngap Research Fund and Syngap dad.
Sprint4Syngap
- Learn more at http://Syngap.fund/sprint
- What is Sprint4Syngap? SRF’s annual fun run fundraiser.
- Create a team http://Syngap.fund/sprint2022
- Banners http://Syngap.fund/banner
Fundraising For a Cause
- Dr. Michael Courtney, University of Turku in Finland - $180k joint grant with Leon & Friends to focus on missense variants. https://bioscience.fi/research/neuronal-signalling-pathways/profile
- Dr. Zach Grinspan, Weill Cornell Medicine - $270k grant looking at clinical trial for drug Ravicti showing promising results in other central nervous system disorders. https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-zag9005
- Rarebase will be coming back to us with a non-trivial sum for their drug repurposing screen. https://www.rarebase.org/
Questions? Reach out to Peter! peter@syngapresearchfund.org
This is a podcast: subscribe to and rate this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/syngap10-podcast
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/syngap10-weekly-10-minute-updates-on-syngap1-video/id1560389818
Episode 55 of #Syngap10 - April 9, 2022
#SYNGAP1 #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #anxiety #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Sprint4Syngap
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