Being recognized as a DRPLA Centre of Excellence is about much more than a title. In addition to providing expert clinical care and identifying the various needs of those diagnosed with DRPLA, the Centers must have an ongoing interest in research into DRPLA. Over the...
Junko Shiozawa, Advisory Board Member for CureDRPLA, has played an important role in bringing together Japanese people living with DRPLA and their families. Through her leadership within the DRPLA Family Network (DFN), she continues to strengthen the partnership...
We co-hosted a couple of webinars on DRPLA with the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) to reach as many people as possible. We invited anyone with DRPLA, family members, caregivers and friends to join to learn more. If you were unable to attend the live sessions, you...
Speech can be affected in DRPLA and have a big impact on daily life. If you live in the UK, the following resources might be of interest. Speech Therapy Professor Anja Lowit and Ataxia UK have developed a six‑week online speech therapy course tailored for people with...
Updates from conferences in the United States Prof Melissa Barker-Haliski and Dr Joanna Korecka-Roet, together with their teams and collaborators, who presented a poster entitled “Investigational ASOs for Disease Modification and Seizure Control in DRPLA” at the...