Awareness Bands Ataxia-Telangiectasia - "Ay-TACK-see-uh Teh-LAN-jick-TAY-sha" The A-T Children's Project is a non-profit organization that raises funds to support and coordinate biomedical research projects, scientific conferences and a clinical center aimed at finding a cure for ataxia-telangiectasia, a lethal genetic disease that attacks children, causing progressive loss of muscle control, cancer and immune system problems. The A-T Child ...

Facts About Friedreich's Ataxia (FA) (FRDA) Muscular Dystrophy AssociationClick here for the Spanish version of this publication. Updated 03/03 Erin Kiernan, a teenager with Friedreich's Ataxia, monitors her cardiac function closely and gets help from several specialists. Introduction Questions and Answers Does It Run in the Family? MDA's Search for Treatments and Cures MDA Is Here to Help You INTRODUCTION Dear Friends: When I was about 14, I started having proble ...

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Friedreich's Ataxia Gene Found! This article submitted by Pam Bower pbower@ra.isisnet.com on 3/7/96. This announcement was made today on the National Ataxia Foundation Homepage at http://www.ataxia.org Medical breakthrough: Genetic research uncovers gene that causes Friedreich's ataxia Researchers have known for several years that they were very close to finding the specific malfunctioning gene that causes the inherited disease called Friedreich's ataxia. Of 100,000 or so human genes dis ...