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1 Oct 2009

BBDF Awards largest research grant to study Juvenile Batten Disease

October 1, 2009
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The Beyond Batten Disease Foundation awards the largest research grant ever made to study juvenile Batten...
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30 Sep 2009

Renowned Italian Researcher Dr. Andrea Ballabio Joins Texas Children’s Hospital Neurological Research Institute As Visiting Scientist in Medical Genetics

September 30, 2009
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published September 30, 2009 Team to Focus New Gene Discovery on Developing a Therapy for Batten Disease...
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20 Aug 2009

BBDF co-sponsored the annual Batten Disease research conference

August 20, 2009
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In June 2009, the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation co-sponsored the annual Batten Disease research confer...
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21 Jul 2009

NIH Announces New Program to Develop Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases

July 21, 2009
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The National Institutes of Health is launching the first integrated, drug development pipeline to produce...
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20 Jul 2009

Called to Action

July 20, 2009
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Kristin Armstrong from Runners World writes about running for a purpose. published May 8, 2009 "...Paige...
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28 May 2009

May 2009

May 28, 2009
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10 Mar 2009

BBDF Mull Next-Gen Sequencing for Carrier Screening Test

March 10, 2009
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Beyond Batten Disease Foundation Mull Next-Gen Sequencing for Carrier Screening Test published March 10,...
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5 Mar 2009

Texas Governor Rick Perry’s PSA on Batten Disease

March 5, 2009
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4 Mar 2009

Beyond Batten Disease Foundation Forms to Find Cure for Rare Children’s Disease

March 4, 2009
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Test in Development to Prevent Hundreds of Other Orphan Diseases Austin, Texas – March 4, 2009 – Leading...
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9 Feb 2009

A Rare Disease, A Loving Father

February 9, 2009
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A video of a family with two children with Batten disease. View in YouTube...
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Recent Posts

  • Theranexus and Beyond Batten Disease Foundation Announce Strong Positive Real-World Data Supporting Batten-1 Efficacy for the Treatment of Batten Disease
  • Family Research Calls – May 13 & 15
  • Batten Disease Global Research Initiative Announces Inaugural Grant Recipients
  • Batten-1 May Preserve Vision with Juvenile Batten Disease
  • Update on the Theranexus’ Batten-1 project in CLN3 Batten’s disease

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  • Theranexus and Beyond Batten Disease Foundation Announce Strong Positive Real-World Data Supporting Batten-1 Efficacy for the Treatment of Batten Disease May 14, 2025
  • Family Research Calls – May 13 & 15 April 30, 2025
  • Batten Disease Global Research Initiative Announces Inaugural Grant Recipients April 10, 2025

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