CHERISH Project 

Nobel Laureate Mario Capecchi meets
the Cherish Consortium
 
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On May 23rd 2012, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Prof. Mario Capecchi will be honored with a special award by the Mayor of Bologna and the next day (May 24th) the entire city will be involved in a Public Awareness of Genetics event dedicated to him and to the memory of Victor A. McKusick, founder of the European School of Genetics Medicine. During this unique occasion the CHERISH project will also be presented by the Project Coordinator and Consortium Members attending the event.

 
Meet the Experts:  Informal Genetic Counselling Talks between Patients and Clinical Geneticists.

May 20th 2012 at 14.30
Euro-Mediterranean University Center of Ronzano Bologna, Via di Gaibola 16.
 
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In concomitance with the 25th ESGM course in Medical Genetics, the European Genetics Foundation is glad to organize an evening of informal genetic counselling talks between patients and international clinical geneticists.
During the event, financed with the support of the European Commission, the CHERISH project, will be presented by the project coordinator Prof. Giovanni Romeo -University of Bologna. Four clinical geneticists will then offer their experience and competences to patients affected with rare genetic disorders. Patients, patients’ families and associations will be able to discuss their personal histories and receive a personalized counseling.
 
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May 20th 2012 at 14.30

Euro-Mediterranean University Center of Ronzano Bologna, Via di Gaibola 16.

 

Cherish Newsletter, Issue 2 - March 2012
Dear Friends,
We are glad to inform you that the second Newsletter of the Cherish Project has just been published and can be downloaded by clicking on the image below.
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Project Description

CHERISH (Improving Diagnoses of Mental Retardation in Children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through Genetic Characterisation and Bioinformatics/Statistics).
Mental retardation (MR) is a highly heterogeneous disorder and is of genetic origin in about 50% of the cases. Despite recent progress in research the causes and the pathophysiology of MR remains obscure. It is essential to investigate this in order to develop future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. The overall goal of this proposal is to establish an interdisciplinary Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) consortium of experts with a joint programme of activities to generate knowledge about MR and the structure and dynamics of the brain as such. This project will be the first to study in depth the prevalence and incidence of MR in EECA.

 

 

CHERISH project Improving Diagnoses of Mental Retardation in Children in Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia through Genetic Characterisation and Bioinformatics/Statistics
Start date 01/02/2009
End date 31/01/2012
Duration 36 months
Subprogramme Area Childhood and adolescent mental disorders
Contract type Collaborative Project (Small and medium-scale focused research project/STREP) - Specific International Cooperation Action (SICA)