The Lowe Syndrome Trust Care today' cure tomorrow

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The Lowe Syndrome TrustCare today. cure
tomorrow
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Here are some UK Lowe Syndrome Children
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
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There are also some UK Lowe Syndrome Adults
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Lowe Syndrome can occur with no family history
and affects children worldwide. The severity
varies with some children blind, unable to walk
and severe mental impairment.
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The Trust works with the USA Lowe Syndrome
Association and others and helps initiate and
fund medical research. We are helping to fund
research projects in USA , Gt Ormond Street
London, Imperial College London, University
College London and Dundee University Our hope is
the researchers and doctors will work together in
a worldwide effort to treat and cure lowe
Syndrome
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• The Trust has established a UK Medical and
  Scientific
• Advisory board which advises on research issues
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• research proposals received.
• Dr William vant Hoff, Consultant Nephrologist,
  Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
• Professor Robert Unwin, Professor of Nephrology
  Physiology, University College London
• Professor Shamshad Cockcroft, Lipid Signalling
  Group, Department of Physiology, University
  College London.
• Dr Philip Beales, Hon Consultant in Clinical
  Genetics, Institute of Child Health (ICH)
• Professor Bruce Caterson, Professor of Research
  in Orthopaedics and Biochemistry, Cardiff
  University.
• Dr Anthony Norden, Clinical Biochemistry,
  Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.
• Professor Peter Cullen, Professor in Inositol
  Signalling and Lister Institute Research Fellow,
  Department of Biochemistry, University of
  Bristol.
• The Lowe Syndrome Trust Medical Advisors are
• Mike Harrison, Honorary Consultant in Pediatric
  Dentistry, Guys Hospital
• Dr David Taylor, Opthalmic Surgeon, GOSH.

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The Trustees are

• Lorraine Thomas
• Undine Reidy
• Carolyn Mitchell
• Catherine McNaught
• Jonathan Ross

• Patrons include
• Vanessa Feltz
• Tris Payne
• Tom Conti
• Penny Lancaster

• Jonathan Coleman
• Tony Hadley
• Richard Park

• David Perver

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We are helping to fund kidney Research at Gt
Ormond Street Hospital / ICH
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Dundee University Scotland
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Imperial College London
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The Charity is run by unpaid volunteers, unpaid
scientific and medical advisors and all funds are
donated by the public and though fundraising
events
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A big thankyou to our sponsors
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Many thanks to all our supporters
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For further information and contacts
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