FA
Research Timeline ('96-'98)
UK
Research Report 1998
August
1998
Notes
From FRDA Conference Adelaide, Australia
November
1997
Notes
From Murdoch Meeting on FA
October
1997
"Human
Molecular Genetics" - Frataxin is reduced in Friedreich
ataxia patients and is associated with mitochondrial
membranes
June
16 - 20, 1997
*** International Symposium on Iron in Biology and Medicine
held in Saint-Malo, France ***
International
Symposium on Iron in Biology and Medicine:
Homepage
International
Symposium on Iron in Biology and Medicine: Program at a
Glance
International
Symposium- Iron in Biology and Medicine: Paper presented on
Identification and characterization of yeast genes involved
in intracellular iron metabolism and transport. Kaplan J.,
deSilva D., Li L., Kaplan S.D. Babcock M.
June
13, 1997
*** Scientists discover possible iron regulating function
for frataxin ***
"Science"
- Regulation of Mitochondrial Iron Accumulation by Yfh1p, a
Putative Homolog of Frataxin
"Friedreichs's
Ataxia: Frataxin and Iron Accumulation in the Mitochondria"
by Fraser Goodmurphy and Dr. Massimo
Pandolfo
NIH
News Release: "Study May Reveal Clues to Friedreich's
Ataxia"
"Quest":
Ironing Out Friedreich's Ataxia
May
29, 1997 to June 1, 1997
*** International Symposium on Inherited Ataxias held in
Montreal, Canada ***
Summary
from the International Symposium on Inherited Ataxias by
Dr.Martha Nance
May
1, 1997
"New
England Journal of Medicine" - Screening for Genetic
Diseases
April
3, 1997
"New
England Journal of Medicine" - Genetic Abnormalities in
Friedreich's Ataxia
October
17, 1996
"New
England Journal of Medicine" - DNA-Triplet Repeats and
Neurologic Disease
"New
England Journal of Medicine" - Clinical and Genetic
Abnormalities in Patients with Friedreich's
Ataxia
March
8, 1996
*** Friedreich's Ataxia Gene is Cloned! *** Found to be a
novel GAA triplet repeat disorder***
"Science"
- Friedreich's Ataxia: Autosomal Recessive Disease Caused by
an Intronic GAA Triplet Repeat Expansion
"Science"
- GAA Triplet Repeats
"Houston
Chronicle" - Genetic mystery deepens even after a major find
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