December 22, 2019
$62,903 One of the unique aspects of the brain problem in AS is that only the UBE3A on the maternally inherited number 15 chromosome is disrupted. The other UBE3A, located on the paternally derived chromosome, is silenced by a control […]
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December 22, 2019
$14,145 ASF has been aggressive in funding a number of investigators, as well as multiple centers, involved in providing dietary supplements aimed at augmenting the biological availability of methyl groups (see Beaudet study, in 2000). This project helped facilitate clinical […]
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December 22, 2019
$26,000 Funds for this project represent continued funding for this investigator to conduct expanded clinical trials to attempt to demonstrate the effect of providing methylation-rich dietary supplements to those with AS.
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December 22, 2019
$40,269 Due to the relative rarity of AS, best treatment practices are often derived from parent questionnaires sent throughout the U.S. With this in mind, the ASF funded this research work by Dr. Peters to use a web-based parent questionnaire […]
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