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Research 16 October 2019
In the first of a new series of quick guides to Lily research projects, we look at an innovative treatment for MNGIE syndrome that's making waves internationally.
Research 4 October 2019
The Lily Foundation is proud to announce its partnership with Euromit 2020, the world's largest ever international conference on mitochondrial disease, which will be held in Newcastle, UK next summer.
Research 12 September 2019
The Lily Foundation is proud to be member of the Leigh Syndrome International Consortium, a newly formed group of international rare disease charities committed to improving clinical care for Leigh syndrome patients around the world.
Research 28 May 2019
The Lily Foundation and the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) have announced a strategic partnership to improve the lives of people affected by mitochondrial disease.
Research 14 May 2019
Input from patients and caregivers has been helping to guide the development of potential treatments for mitochondrial disease as part of the ongoing PREFER study. Dr Cecilia Jimenez-Moreno, the PREFER clinical case study lead based at the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University, tells us what this means and what happens next.
Research 30 April 2019
As trials begin for a new medicine to treat mitochondrial myopathy, we talk to Dr Alex Dorenbaum, Chief Medical Officer of Reneo Pharmaceuticals, about his hopes for the drug and why his company is working with The Lily Foundation.
Research 17 April 2019
Prof Sir Doug Turnbull, Director of the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research and a long-serving member of The Lily Foundation Medical Board, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Research 20 March 2019
The Lily Foundation has awarded research grants totalling £250,000 to three new scientific studies that aim to improve the lives of people with mitochondrial disease.
Research 4 February 2019
The Lily Foundation is proud to announce that a project part-funded by the charity to develop a therapy for MNGIE syndrome has been approved for clinical trials in the UK, and could become the first effective treatment for this form of mitochondrial disease.
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