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European Training Program to Understand, Diagnose and Treat Autosomal Dominant Retinal Diseases

Descrizione del progetto

Programma di formazione europeo sulle malattie retiniche autosomiche dominanti

In Europa, circa 350 000 persone sono affette da malattie ereditarie della retina (IRD), un gruppo di patologie un tempo considerate incurabili. Tuttavia, i recenti progressi hanno dato vita a nuovi trattamenti rivoluzionari. Gli ostacoli principali includono diagnosi genetiche non definite, scarsa familiarità con i meccanismi della malattia e lo sviluppo della terapia genica per la IRD autosomica dominante (adIRD), che costituisce il 25-40 % di tutti i casi di patologie IRD. Il progetto ProgRet, finanziato dalle azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, creerà una rete europea di formazione con un focus specifico sui meccanismi, la diagnosi e la terapia delle IRD. Gli obiettivi del progetto comprendono l’uso di cellule staminali e di modelli animali per studiare i meccanismi della adIRD, il miglioramento della diagnostica attraverso una struttura multiomica a singola molecola e la creazione di trattamenti innovativi basati sulla terapia a RNA e sull’editing del genoma CRISPR.

Obiettivo

ProgRET will create a multidisciplinary and intersectoral European training network focusing on the mechanisms, diagnosis and therapy of dominantly inherited retinal diseases (IRD). IRD represent a major cause of blindness, affecting 350,000 people in Europe. IRD have long been considered incurable, however major advances have led to groundbreaking new treatments. Today, the most important challenges in the IRD field relate to an unsolved genetic diagnosis, unknown disease mechanisms and gene therapy development for autosomal dominant IRD (adIRD), representing 25–40% of all IRD cases. We have demonstrated an emerging role for splicing factors, structural variants and non-coding defects in patients with adIRD, and developed novel disease models and gene therapies for adIRD. ProgRET aims to dissect adIRD mechanisms using retinal stem cell and aquatic animal models, to advance adIRD diagnostics using a single-molecule multi-omics framework, and to develop innovative treatments based on RNA therapy and CRISPR-genome editing. These challenges will be tackled by integrating unique expertise and cutting-edge technology within ProgRET, including (multi-)omics, bioinformatics, functional genomics, RNA biology, gene regulation, stem cell technology, retinal organoids, animal models, genome editing and gene therapy. ProgRET will give Doctoral Candidates (DCs) unparalleled training opportunities in outstanding academic and industrial settings through training-by-research via individual research projects, secondments, and network-wide training sessions. All individual training and research activities will provide each DC with the necessary skills in academic and industrial research. ProgRET will make a career in both sectors attractive and improve their career prospects. Finally, our multidisciplinary network offers a unique opportunity to accelerate the understanding, diagnostics and therapeutics for adIRD in Europe, and to translate research findings to healthcare and society.

Coordinatore

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 525 240,00
Indirizzo
SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25
9000 Gent
Belgio

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Regione
Vlaams Gewest Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Arr. Gent
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
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