What is Happening In Sanfilippo Research?
Stay up to date on the latest information regarding scientific aspects of Sanfilippo Syndrome and progress to find a treatment or cure.
Recent News
Sanfilippo Type A gene therapy ABO-102 program will continue, Ultragenyx acquires rights
Funding, endpoints, and more continue to make the road difficult in reaching an approved therapy for Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS III). Over the years, including recently, clinical trials for Sanfilippo Syndrome were discontinued for these many reasons. Which makes...
Recent scientific articles relevant to Sanfilippo Syndrome: May 4, 2022, digest
Every week thousands of scientific articles on various topics are published. Here are some recent articles and abstracts that are relevant to understanding, managing, and/or treating Sanfilippo Syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis III or MPS III)."Caregivers’ assessment of...
Podcast Episode 11: WORLD highlights, early Anakinra results, new gene therapy trial + more
The Foundation's "A Close Look at Sanfilippo" podcast spends 10 minutes (and a little more in this episode) diving into five hot topics regarding Sanfilippo Syndrome, a rapidly degenerative disease in children currently with no FDA-approved treatment. In podcast...
Community’s vision for Rare Disease Center for Excellence at FDA
The Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT ACT), H.R. 1730/S. 670, includes creation of a Rare Disease Center for Excellence within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The legislation was introduced March 2021 and is currently assigned to the House Committee on...
Identifying Disease Modifiers in Drosophila Models of Sanfilippo (MPS IIIA)
Grant Summary Institution: Clemson University, South Carolina, U.S. Primary Investigator: Trudy Mackay, PhD, Director, Clemson Center for Human Genetics and Self Family Endowed Chair of Human Genetics Duration: 24 months Start Date: January 2022 Type of Sanfilippo...
Pace of transformative therapies to overwhelm newborn screening process; experts propose innovations
There has been explosive growth in the number of transformative therapies developed for diseases that must be provided to patients early in life. This makes the need for expanded and updated newborn screening nationwide, which has not kept pace with these medical...
Other Sources of News
ClinicalTrials.gov
Immediately see when clinical trials for Sanfilippo Syndrome are listed and detailed information.
Sanfilippo News
A site that aggregates news about Sanfilippo Syndrome into a single location.
RARE Cast – Global Genes’ Podcast
Hosted by award-winning journalist Daniel Levine, RARE Cast focuses on the intersection of rare disease with business, science, and policy in a weekly podcast.