Barbara Buchan, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Eye gels for the treatment of corneal Cystinosis have been developed which have the ability to adhere to the surface of the eye. It is hoped that this will…
Stephanie Cherqui, PhD Scripps Research Institute, San Diago, USA. Cystinosis is a metabolic hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of cystine in most of the patient’s tissues leading to multiple organ dysfunction. The curative treatment…
The Fourth Cystinosis Research Network Family Conference was held July 16-18, 2009 at the Marriott Evergreen Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, Georgia. This year’s theme was “Above and Beyond” and there is no doubt that…
Patrick T. Harrison Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Ireland Cystinosis is caused by a defect in a protein called cystinosin. To understand the role of this protein, imagine the acid-rich organelles inside every cell…
Dr William van’t Hoff, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London The Cystinosis Foundation UK are very pleased to be involved with a new study aimed at furthering our understanding of the effects of Cystinosis in adult…
Dr Neil Dalton of The Evelina Childrens Hospital, London. “The importance of white cell cystine measurements in the diagnosis and clinical management of patients with cystinosis cannot be over emphasised. The measurement is particularly valuable…
Professors Roz Anderson and Paul Groundwater, with Pratap Suryadevara and Stephanie Cannell, University of Sunderland, UK, in collaboration with Professor William van’t Hoff, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK. Summary By John Terry. The prodrug…
In addition to the lectures provided by leading experts in the field of Cystinosis, the 2008 International Cystinosis Conference, held in Dublin, gave research teams the opportunity to present their work in the form of…
On June 27 and 28th of this year, the biennial International Cystinosis Conference was held in Dublin, Ireland. Over 200 delegates attended, including researchers, medical practitioners, representatives from the Irish government, Cystinosis sufferers, families of…
R.J. Anderson, S. Cannell, P.W. Groundwater, P. Suryadevara, W. van’t Hoff Sunderland Pharmacy School, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK In addition to the lectures provided by…