Sangamo gets $950K MJ Fox grant

29 January 2007

USA-based Sangamo BioSciences has been awarded funding by the Michael J Fox Foundation to support the development of a ZFP Therapeutic to treat Parkinson's disease. The $950,000 award will be paid over a period of two years and will develop zinc-finger DNA-binding protein transcription factors to activate the expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, a potent neurotrophic factor that has shown promise in preclinical testing to slow or stop the progression of PD.

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