Friday, July 31, 2015

Friedreich Ataxia in Classical Galactosaemia

Friedreich Ataxia in Classical Galactosaemia. Siobhán Neville, Siobhan O’Sullivan, Bronagh Sweeney, Bryan Lynch, Donncha Hanrahan, Ina Knerr, Sally Ann Lynch, Ellen Crushell; JIMD Reports, 29 Jul 2015, DOI 10.1007/8904_2015_477

Both conditions are known to occur with increased frequency amongst the Irish Traveller population. Neurological symptoms are easily attributed to an underlying diagnosis of galactosaemia. It is important to consider a diagnosis of Friedreich ataxia in a child from the Irish Traveller population with galactosaemia who presents with ataxia or cardiomyopathy.


Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Collaboration Announced

Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Collaboration Announced. Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, 30 July 2015.

A new collaborative drug discovery project in Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA) between the University of Oxford, Ataxia UK, Pfizer Inc, UCL and Imperial College London was recently announced.
The programme will initially run for three years and aims to develop a potential new medicine or therapy for Friedreich’s ataxia that, if successful, may be tested in clinical trials.