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Hoffnungsbaum-Newsletter
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Association for the promotion of research and treatment of NBIA diseases
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There is news about NBIA!
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You can access all contributions at any time at News on our website.
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It is now possible to translate all pages of our website. You will find a small flag in the upper right corner of each page. It is an automated translation and we did not review all pages yet. So please take care and report any translation errors to: webmaster@hoffnungsbaum.de
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You will find all articles in English on our website: News
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Authors of the original article: Patricia Wood and Angelika Klucken 160 participants from 26 countries attended the 7th International Symposium on NBIA and Related Diseases, which was held as a virtual event for the first time. With online access making it easier to meet in virtual space during the COVID-19 pandemic, this record number of participants was made possible, including the world's most renowned NBIA scientists and clinicians as well as ...
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The NBIA Disorders Association, our sister organization in the USA, reports in its fall newsletter on the progress made so far in four research projects on beta propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN). BPAN, one of the most common NBIA diseases, is caused by mutations in the WDR 45 gene on the X chromosome. Much of the BPAN research focuses in particular on the role of autophagy in the pathogenesis of the disease and as a ...
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In the period August - September 2020 Hoffnungsbaum e.V. conducted a broad-based opinion survey among all association members and NBIA families in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with whom we are in contact. The aim of the survey was to explore important and current issues to ensure the future viability of the association as well as the efficient and goal-oriented orientation of the association's future work based on the needs of the members ...
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You can find some of the presentations online at the following link:
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Association for the promotion of research and treatment of NBIA diseases
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