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NARS1 Cure Odyssey
A little girl who didn’t make it to her second birthday provided the inspiration for a foundation that is trying to make life better for those who share…
Jun 26
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Laura DeFrancesco
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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May 2024
Yeast-powered drug repurposing screen ➡️ parent-driven N-of-1 study
In collaboration with a pioneer PIGW-CDG family, we identified two over-the-counter nutraceuticals as actionable hits from a yeast screen. The…
May 25
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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April 2024
ECHS1 Cure Odyssey
Fibroblasts and flies joined forces in a multi-species drug repurposing campaign that yielded p38 MAPK inhibitors as top rescuers for this ultra-rare…
Apr 30
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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Two nutraceuticals are the top drug repurposing hits for ALG11-CDG
An initial pioneer ALG11-CDG family blazed a trail with a pilot 2,200-compound screen, paving the way for a second ALG11-CDG family to grab the baton…
Apr 25
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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Biomarker discovery for FAM177A1
When a disease is both rare and new to medicine, the only recourse is research. FAM177A1 Research Fund is excited to shared preliminary results from a…
Apr 23
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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February 2024
FOXG1 Cure Odyssey
A mother’s “darkest days” leads to a foundation and a magazine dedicated to families caring for children with rare diseases.
Feb 29
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Laura DeFrancesco
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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SURF1 ReFRAME recap
On behalf of Cure Mito Foundation, last week we completed a comprehensive 13,500-compound drug repurposing screen using a Leigh Syndrome yeast avatar of…
Feb 5
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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SURF1 yeast hits validated in patient fibroblasts
Cure Mito Foundation partnered with Perlara on yeast-powered drug repurposing screens for SURF1 Leigh Syndrome. We found three compounds that increase…
Feb 5
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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SURF1 yeast hits validated in patient fibroblasts
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Drug repurposing with yeast avatars of SURF1 Leigh Syndrome
We started working with Cure Mito in August on a yeast drug repurposing project based on the template of our previous work with UCSF on MEPAN. Last week…
Feb 5
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Yeast-powered drug repurposing screens for SURF1 Leigh Syndrome are done 💊♻️ ✅
On behalf of Cure Mito Foundation, we completed high-throughput drug screens and dose response studies in yeast. Next up: validating hits in SURF1…
Feb 5
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Leigh Syndrome drug repurposing updates
In collaboration with Cure Mito Foundation and using a SURF1-deficient yeast model, we're validating hits from the pilot screen, and we just screened a…
Feb 5
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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January 2024
Unexpected PLOD1 twist
Collagen is a slippery eel. After trying and failing to visualize collagen inside PLOD1-kEDS fibroblasts, we pivoted to measuring collagen secreted by…
Jan 31
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Ethan O. Perlstein, Ph.D.
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