January 6, 2023
The Angelman Syndrome Foundation is proud to announce their partnership with Genefund Future Angelman Syndrome (GFAS Ukraine) to launch a new clinic to better serve the community in Ukraine. “Bright people are always visible in dark times. In the most […]
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September 21, 2022
The Angelman Syndrome Foundation is proud to announce their partnership with AngelmanUK to launch new clinics and expand existing clinics to better serve the community in the UK. “AngelmanUK is delighted to collaborate with the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) on […]
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September 2, 2022
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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March 8, 2022
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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October 22, 2021
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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October 21, 2020
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 […]
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July 27, 2020
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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June 12, 2020
Deerfield and Pinnacle Hill have partnered with Dr, Ben Philpot, UNC Chapel Hill, to advance a new therapeutic for AS! Their work focuses on manipulating gene expression and this collaboration will accelerate work previously funded by the ASF to the […]
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