Research
Tim Levine and Pietro Press Release
The Lowe Syndrome Trust awards a Lowe Syndrome research grant of £80.000 to Dr Tim Levine at the Institute of Ophthalmology London. The genetic basis for Lowe Syndrome is a defective gene OCRL1 that results in the deficiency of an enzyme Phosphatidylinositol4,5-bisphosphate-5-phosphatase (OCRL1). Lowe’s oculocerebrorenalsyndrome is a disorder affecting the brain, eyes, kidneys and bones. Babies born with Lowe Syndrome are born with cataracts in both eyes and are likely to develop glaucoma and other eye conditions.
Other Research activities
Lowe Research to date 20009 pdf. Click here
Lowe Syndrome meeting at the American Society Cell Biology Conference, San Diego, California . Click here
NEW LOWE CALL FOR RESEARCH GRANT BBC News
Dundee University Grant
Imperial College Article re Lowe Syndrome research
UCSF USA GOSH London
Imperial College
UCL
Dundee University- See GMTV news
Kidney Research - Addenbrookes Cambridge
UCL Moorfields cataract research article
Total funding to date
£25,000 to LSA (part funded three projects)£9,000 Great Ormond Street children’s hospital Cells
£50,000 Imperial College London
£10,000 Imperial College London
£80,000 Imperial College London
£50,000 Dundee University
£10,000 Dundee University
£72,000 Manchester University
£50,000 Moorfields London - Institute of Ophthalmology
£80,000 Purdue University USA
£100,000 Institute of California USA
£40,000 Lowe clinical database
£50,000 University College London
£20,000 Cambridge University Kidney Unit
£10,000 American Cell Biology Lowe conference.
£10,000 Two International Lowe Medical Symposiums.
£80,000 new call for research
£80,000 Yale University
£80,000 Institute of Ophthalmology
£5,000 American Cell Biology Conference
