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CureSPG50

@curespg50

To help children affected by the SPG50 disease

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.Foundation for the National Institutes of Health intros new model for #GeneTherapy to get treatments to patients faster. Stacey Johnson blogs about #BGTC bringing hope to people with #RareDiseases U.S. FDA @https://www.signalsblog.ca/right-turn-promising-model-for-rare-diseases-in-bespoke-gene-therapy-consortium/

.<a href="/FNIH_Org/">Foundation for the National Institutes of Health</a> intros new model for #GeneTherapy to get treatments to patients faster. <a href="/msstaceyerin/">Stacey Johnson</a> blogs about #BGTC bringing hope to people with #RareDiseases <a href="/US_FDA/">U.S. FDA</a>  @https://www.signalsblog.ca/right-turn-promising-model-for-rare-diseases-in-bespoke-gene-therapy-consortium/
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An incredible event to save children affected by SPG50! If you can make it, awesome reach out and we will have an amazing time together. If you cannot attend buy a ticket anyways to support this amazing cause!

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Young onset Parkinson's and Charcot Marie Tooth together? Possible? YES. It is called 'FIG 4' and this is the 6th case reported by Silva and colleagues and it was levodopa responsive ~50% improvement in UPDRS. Pallidal hypointensities suggestive of iron deposition. CT scan

Young onset Parkinson's and Charcot Marie Tooth together?  Possible? YES. It is called 'FIG 4' and this is the 6th case reported by Silva and colleagues and it was levodopa responsive ~50% improvement in UPDRS.
Pallidal hypointensities suggestive of iron deposition.
CT scan
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Blessed to work with this incredibly talented team Boston Children's Ebrahimi-Fakhari_Lab & fantastic families on #raredisease #movementdisorders #HSP. 🙏🏽 Kasey Edwards CureAP-4 for supporting our natural history study (clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04712…) & so much more. Teamwork makes the dream work…

Blessed to work with this incredibly talented team <a href="/BostonChildrens/">Boston Children's</a> <a href="/DEF_Lab_HMS/">Ebrahimi-Fakhari_Lab</a> &amp; fantastic families on #raredisease #movementdisorders #HSP. 🙏🏽 <a href="/Kasey_47/">Kasey Edwards</a> <a href="/CureAP4/">CureAP-4</a> for supporting our natural history study (clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04712…) &amp; so much more. Teamwork makes the dream work…
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We want to thank The Hospital for Sick Children for saving my son and truly going above and beyond. We moved mountains together, and hopefully, the treatment we created for Michael will turn out to be a legacy for others with rare diseases, proving that nothing is impossible!

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Thank you, STAT and Jason Mast, for sharing our story and raising awareness about our family’s journey and Elpida Therapeutics Therapeutics. The road has been long and difficult, but our children are far too important to ever give up on. I hope this story brings hope to families in

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Last Rare Disease Day, I found myself urgently trying to reach Senator Sanders and his team, who posed the biggest threat to preserving the Priority Review Voucher (PRV) program. The devastation I felt when Senator Paul, stating that his senatorial obligations had run their

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I am deeply honored and grateful to have been selected to speak at the Cell & Gene Therapy Forum today at The White House The event was truly inspiring, bringing together leaders, advocates, mentors, and so many individuals who have supported and continue to support our journey.

I am deeply honored and grateful to have been selected to speak at the Cell &amp; Gene Therapy Forum today at The White House The event was truly inspiring, bringing together leaders, advocates, mentors, and so many individuals who have supported and continue to support our journey.
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Rare Disease In Crisis, Our Leaders Have Failed Us! On April 2nd, 2019, a piece of my soul was taken from me. That was the day my youngest son, Michael, was diagnosed with a rare disease called SPG50. In my darkest moments, friends, family, and strangers from around the world

Rare Disease In Crisis, Our Leaders Have Failed Us!

On April 2nd, 2019, a piece of my soul was taken from me. That was the day my youngest son, Michael, was diagnosed with a rare disease called SPG50. In my darkest moments, friends, family, and strangers from around the world
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Thank you all for your messages and the incredible wave of support. The past three months have been the hardest of my life. We’ve lost all avenues of funding, and years of hard work preparing for our trials came to a halt within days of the new U.S. government administration.