Fondazione Telethon has announced that ERC, the European Research Council, has awarded three researchers from the Telethon Institutes three grants of EUR 1.5 million each for five years. Specifically, the three researchers are Samuele Ferrari and Attya Omer from the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET) in Milan and Ivana Trapani from the Telethon […]
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Fondazione Telethon Board of Directors chaired by Luca di Montezemolo appoints Ilaria Villa as new Managing Director
Fondazione Telethon Board of Directors chaired by Luca di Montezemolo appoints Ilaria Villa as new Managing Director. Francesca Pasinelli leaves her executive roles but will remain on the Board of Fondazione Telethon.
New leadership at TIGEM: Alberto Auricchio appointed as director at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine in Pozzuoli (NA)
A new chapter in a 30-year history: passing on the torch is Andrea Ballabio, who directed the Institute since its foundation in 1994.
Fondazione Telethon announces commitment to make gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome available to patients
On the eve of the 26th World Rare Disease Day, Fondazione Telethon announces its commitment to ensure that gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), a rare genetic disease of the immune system, will be available in the next future.
Fondazione Telethon and Orchard Therapeutics complete transfer of marketing authorization of Strimvelis for ADA-SCID in Europe
Una nuova sfida per Telethon, che amplia i confini della propria missione
Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione Telethon: 21 projects funded with 5 million euros for basic research in rare diseases
The best projects of the 2022 call for basic research from all over Italy to study still obscure portions of our genetic heritage have been funded. The collaboration between Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione Telethon continues: 21 new basic research projects have been funded for a total of about 5 million euros. The goal of the […]
San Raffaele-Telethon Institute receives European funds to study how blood is formed
Andrea Ditadi awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant worth 2 million euro
New frontiers for gene therapy
At the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute in Milan researchers are working to apply gene therapy, an approach that has already given important results, to even more diseases optimizing development times and costs.
Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione Telethon: 24 projects funded with more than 5 million euros for basic research in the field of rare diseases
Winners of the 2021 Call for Basic Research have been selected from all over Italy to study the still obscure portions of our genetic heritage.
Generating blood in vitro: a new piece of the puzzle
An important contribution to the elucidation of the mechanisms through which blood stem cells arise during embryonic life from a study conducted by the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy.