AURORA, IL – Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) proudly announces the launch of the Jacob Pritzker Fellowship Program in honor of late board president Fred Pritzker. The Jacob Pritzker Fellowship Program was created to address the ever-increasing need for more physicians who […]
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Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) proudly announces the collaboration with OVID Therapeutics to advance understanding of AS via a contribution of crucial data collected in Ovid’s clinical trial for Angelman syndrome to the LADDER database. “The most important gift that industry […]
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Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) and Dup15q Alliance proudly announce their strategic partnership to launch the LADDER Learning Network, a new medical network specifically designed for individuals with Angelman syndrome (AS) and dup15q—two rare disorders affecting the q-arm of the […]
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As part of a 2020 ASF funded study, Ben Philpot, PhD and Matt Judson, PhD at UNC School of Medicine have been developing a gene therapy strategy as a method to restore function of UBE3A. The early results were published […]
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The International Angelman Syndrome Alliance (ASA) and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) announced a newly formed joint initiative: the Global Community Advisory Board (CAB). They will work together to represent the Angelman community as a unified voice when engaging with […]
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Mark Zylka, PhD and his team at UNC School of Medicine have been studying CRISPR-Cas9 as a method to unsilence the paternal copy of UBE3A. After ASF funded the project, the findings were so positive, the NIH provided additional funding of […]
Read more On July 23, 2020, Ovid Therapeutics announced a research collaboration with UCONN Health and Stormy Chamberlain, PhD. This exciting work began as an innovative idea funded by the Angelman Syndrome Foundation. Short hairpin RNA (shRNAs) work like ASOs, but can be […]
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Today the Canadian Angelman Syndrome Society (CASS) and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) announced that the two charities will collaborate with a shared goal of increasing research and support to Angelman syndrome (AS) families. United, the organizations will have the […]
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