Gene therapy abroad

Neurocrine Biosciences and Voyager Therapeutic announced the formation of a strategic collaboration focused on the development and commercialization of Voyager’s gene therapy programs, VY-AADC for Parkinson’s disease and VY-FXN01 for Friedreich’s ataxia, as well as rights to two programs to be determined. This collaboration combines Neurocrine Biosciences’ expertise in neuroscience,...

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

Ataxia Canada: position posted on December 17, 2018. Closing date: Friday, December 28, 2018 at 4 pm Ataxia Canada – Claude St-Jean Foundation is looking for an intern – project manager Our foundation wishes to support the young talents of our organization in their quest for gainful employment. We therefore...

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A new Swedish qualitative study on the impact of familial ataxias on persons’ life (June 2017)

The article Cerebellar ataxia and intrathecal baclofen therapy: Focus on patients’ experiments, published in the online journal PLOS ONE, presents the results of a qualitative research on the impact of family ataxias on persons’ life. “The aim of this study was to elucidate and better understand patients´ experiences of living...

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