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04.10.13
Possible culprits in congenital heart defects identified
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Padua-Dulbecco Telethon Institute in Italy have shown that mitochondria remarkably also orchestrate events that determine a cell's future, at least in the embryonic mouse heart
04.10.13
New "muscle-saver" molecular strategy discovered
A new molecular strategy is described for enhancement of muscle growth and for consequent containment of the adverse effects of degenerative diseases such as muscular dystrophy and atrophy
24.09.13
Research: correlation discovered between neurological deficits and ferritin deficiency
A study conducted by researchers at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milano, funded by Telethon and coordinated by Prof. Sonia Levi was published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
20.09.13
Mitochondrial diseases: here's the metabolism-helper gene
A case of malfunctioning mitochondria? Considerable help may be provided by OPA1 – a gene which, when altered, is known to be responsible for a hereditary disease of the eye, dominant optic atrophy.
09.07.13
The Hiv virus used to cure two severe genetic diseases
The AIDS virus can be used to treat two severe hereditary diseases.
24.10.12
Alliance between Fondazione Telethon and biopharmaceutical company Shire for research and development of new therapies for rare genetic diseases
Fondazione Telethon has signed an important agreement to collaborate with the international pharma company Shire plc.
01.03.12
Molecular bullets on the way for cystic fibrosis, Sma and haemophilia
Researchers at the ICGEB in Trieste and at Ferrara University have created a therapeutic strategy based on small RNAs in order to bypass the genetic defect responsible for these serious diseases still without a permanent cure.
27.09.11
Telethon research: link found between inherited mental retardation and sleep cycle regulation
earning and memory deficiencies are correlated to alterations in sleep and wake cycles. This is the outcome of an animal model study conducted on a genetic form of mental retardation and published on Nature Neuroscience* by Maria Passafaro, a researcher of the Istituto Telethon Dulbecco.
