Ataxia: Hope starts with measurement

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. News and media. 03 Sep 2020.
The team will be developing a prototype device to measure ataxia thanks to funding received from the Biomedical Translation Bridge program administered by MTP Connect.
The $500,000 in funding was announced today by the Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, with US-based advocacy organisation Friedreich Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) confirming they will match the government’s investment.
“Whilst there are multiple treatments in development for heredity forms of ataxia in particular, without clinicians being able to make objective measurements for the condition it makes it difficult to understand the effectiveness of these. We believe that developing a device which uses sensors and sophisticated algorithms to assess ataxia progression will allow these treatments to be fast tracked,” said Associate Professor Corben.


Ataxia: Hope starts with measurement