Project 8p Research Newsletter

Welcome to the Project 8p Research Newsletter!

8p research is on the move in 2023. Last year we assembled a mission-driven team of researchers and clinicians focused on different segments of the Two-Year Research Plan, as explained below. As highlighted in the next section, two research projects that got underway last year are producing thought-provoking preliminary results. If you want to stay up to date on the leading edge of 8p research, please subscribe! 

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The Project 8p Foundation (Project 8p) was created in 2018 to:

  • Accelerate future treatments, not only for 8p, but potentially for other chromosome-wide diseases as well.
  • Lead with knowledge from patients. Currently, there is no cure for 8p disorders, nor is there a standard course of treatment.

The Project 8p Foundation (Project 8p) was created in 2018 to:

  • Raise transformative funding for pioneering scientific research into treatments for a complex, rare disease involving 250+ affected genes on the short arm of the 8 th chromosome (8p). Rearrangements of these genes causes significant abnormalities to the entire neurological system, thus all organs and functions of the body– with variance in cognitive functions, gross motor skills, social development and other challenges during infancy, and throughout life;
  • Empower a unified community of 8p patients and their families so they can have meaningful lives today; and
  • Accelerate future treatments, not only for 8p, but potentially for other chromosome-wide diseases as well.