Research

BREAKING NEWS!
14 October 2008

We are pleased to announce The AADC Research Trust has agreed to vital funding for Netherlands Research Project entitled:

 ‘In Search of an Explanation for Renal Dopamine Synthesis in AADC Deficiency’

The aim of the study is:

To identify (a) potential metabolic pathway(s) or enzyme(s) responsible for dopamine synthesis in the kidney of AADC deficient patients, in order to find new entries for therapeutic strategies for AADC deficiency.

Relevance to AADC research and patients with AADC deficiency

Identification of alternative molecular pathways for dopamine synthesis, different from that mediated by AADC, will reveal a potential therapeutic target for patients with a deficient AADC enzyme activity.

Principal investigators: Dr. Marcel M. Verbeek, Dr. Michèl A.A.P. Willemsen.

Key personnel: Prof. Dr. Ron A. Wevers, ing. Ben Geurtz, Drs. Martijn Wilmer, Prof. Dr. M. Lammens

The AADC Research Trust confirms its commitment to fully fund the above project to be carried out at:

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Department of Neurology
Laboratory of Pediatrics and Neurology
Department of Pediatric Neurology
Department of Pathology
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Total cost of the project = €32,000 (approx £26,500)

Lisa Flint
Managing Director