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Reactivating the FMR1 Gene to Reverse Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation September 20, 2022January 26, 2023

FRAXA has awarded $140,000 to Dr. Jeannie Lee and Dr. Hungoo Lee at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. This team is targeting the root cause of Fragile X syndrome: a silenced single gene, called FMR1.

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Reactivating the FMR1 Gene

FRAXA Research Foundation February 27, 2004May 14, 2020
Andre Hoogeveen , PhD

With a $171,600 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation from 1998-2004, Dr. Andre Hoogeveen and his team at Erasmus University researched methods to reactivate the Fragile X gene. 

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Transgenic Mouse Model Studies of Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation February 27, 2001April 28, 2018
Dr. Eric Kandel, MD, Columbia University, FRAXA research grant

With a $410,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation from 1999-2001, Dr. Eric Kandel and his team at Columbia University researched development of Fragile X mice to further aid future studies of Fragile X research.

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