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AGSD Research Grants
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Thanks to generous donations from GSD patients, their families and friends, the Association for Glycogen Storage Disease has had the opportunity to provide grants to serve as catalysts in treatment and/or research studies. The AGSD supports a broad range of research endeavors that will lead to better recognition, treatment, and an eventual cure for the Glycogen Storage Diseases.

Studies awarded research grants include:

“Expansion of the GSD DNA Bank to Include Type Ib and Type III”;
and “Interviewing Carriers of GSD Ia to Ascertain Their Attitude and Opinions Regarding Carrier Testing”
Allyn McConkie-Rosell, MSW, CGC
Division of Medical Genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“Evaluation of Novel GSD Therapies in the GSD Animal Model, Acid-α-Glucosidase Deficient (Pompe) Japanese Quail”
Yuan-Tsong Chen, MD PhD
Division of Medical Genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“Attempted Correction of Genomic DNA in Patients with Type Ia Glycogen Storage Disease Using Chimeric RNA/DNA Oligonucleotides”
David A. Weinstein, MD
Fellow in Endocrinology
Children’s Hospital Boston

“Attempted Correction of Gene Therapy in Canine Glycogen Storage Disease with Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vectors”
Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD
Division of Medical Genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“Use of DNA Microarrays to Study Gene Activation in Hepatic Adenomas in Type Ia Glycogen Storage Disease”
David A. Weinstein, MD
Division of Endocrinology
Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

“Initiation of a Glycogen Storage Disease Canine Therapy Center”
Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD
Division of Medical Genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“Gene Therapy in the Canine Model for Glycogen Storage Disease Ia”
Talmage Brown, DVM, PhD
North Carolina State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Raleigh, NC
and
Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“Inappropriate Expression of Hepcidin is Associated with Iron Refractor Anemia: Implications for the Anemia of Chronic Disease”
David A. Weinstein, MD
Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

“Clinical Evaluation of Portable Lactate Meter in Type I Glycogen Storage Disease”
Andrew C. Saunders
Henry A. Feldman
Catherine E. Correia
David A. Weinstein, MD
Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

“Attention Problems and Quality of Life in Youth with Glycogen Storage Disease”
Eric A. Storch, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

“Cardiopulmonary and Metabolic Responses to Exercise in Type IIIa Glycogen Storage Disease: Impact of Glucose Administration on Oxygen Utilization and Lactate Formation, and Implications for Prevention of Muscle Damage”
Catherine E. Correia, B.S.
Research Coordinator
Glycogen Storage Disease Program
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

“Clinical and Molecular Evaluations of Cardiac Involvement in Glycogen Storage Disease Type III”
Priya S. Kishnani, MD
Division Chief, Medical Genetics
Duke University
Durham, NC

“Assessment of Relationship between Hyperlipidemia and Cardiovascular Disease in the Glycogen Storage Diseases”
Angelina Valladares, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

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