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Project 8p Research Newsletter – December 2023

This year was an exciting one for 8p research, with 9 sponsored research projects underway, 4 of which launched just this year. 

The best way to keep up with 8p research is by attending our monthly Research Roundtable calls, which bring together 8p families and researchers to discuss research projects, results, new technologies, what matters most to 8p families, and more. We are taking the month of December off for the holidays, but if you’d like to join us at our next meeting in January, please get in touch. In the meantime, you can catch up on any of the past roundtable discussions by watching them on our YouTube channel, or reading our monthly Newsletters on the Chromo 8p Substack.

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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.