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The Lowe Syndrome Trust Care today. cure tomorrow Partner of the National Institute for Health Research ( NIHR ). Here are some UK Lowe Syndrome Children They are born with multiple handicaps including Cataracts, Weak muscles, Kidney,
“Care today…. cure tomorrow”
Partner of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
They are born with multiple handicaps including Cataracts, Weak muscles, Kidney, Growth, Brain and Bone disorders. This is due to a DNA mutation that results in a low level of an essential enzyme
The aim of the charity is to develop ways to treat Lowe syndrome. This covers Cataracts, Kidney disease, Muscle, Cartilage, Cysts, Brain and Behaviour. The research also has implications for treating
The Trust has established a Medical and Scientific Advisory board
Dr Nimalan Maruthainar, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Royal Free Hospital * Dr Richard Sandford, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research
Dr Detlef Bockenhauer, Consultant Nephrologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Professor Robert Unwin, Professor of Nephrology & Physiology, University College London
Professor Shamshad Cockcroft, Department of Physiology, University College London
Professor Philip Beales, Hon Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Institute of Child Health
Dr Rudiger Woscholski, Senior Lecturer, Division of Cell & Molecular Biology Imperial College London
Professor Helen Cross, Reader, Paediatric Neurologist, Epileptology, GOS London
Professor Peng Khaw, Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Institute of Ophthalmology Moorfields
Professor Robert Kleta, Potter Chair of Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital * Dr Joseph Laycock, Editorial Assistant, Great Ormond Street, Institute of Child Health
The Lowe Syndrome Trust Medical Advisors are:
Mike Harrison, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Guys Hospital
Lorraine Thomas Penny Biziou Carolyn Mitchell Catherine McNaught Jonathan Ross
Richard Desmond Sir Richard Sykes Ms Penny Lancaster Mr Tony Hadley Seville Bulpitt Baroness Susan Green Mathieu Flamini Lisa Voice Melanie Blatt Melanie Sykes Christopher Biggins Tom Conti Mark Emms Michael Fennings
The research projects are coordinated by the charity and study different aspects of the disease:
Antibodies shared by the other projects.
We are helping to fund kidney Research at Great Ormond Street Hospital / ICH
Enzyme research at Imperial College London
In 2006 Dave Cornthwaite Skateboarded across UK from John o'Groats to Land's End as a warm up, then across Australia.
City Charity Days/2010 / 2011 Penny Lancaster, Rod Stewart, Tony Hadley, Jonathan Ross, Christopher Biggins, all raised money for Lowe Syndrome research