The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation (DBAF), in collaboration with DBA-UK, is pleased to announce funding for a project entitled, “Ribosome biogenesis, cellular signaling pathways and Diamond Blackfan anemia.” A $41,810 grant was awarded to Nicholas James Watkins, Ph.D, a senior lecturer in the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biosciences at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. Continue Reading »Posted in: News, Research, Spotlight Stories
The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation (DBAF) is proud to support the Ribosome Synthesis Meeting held tri-annually. This international meeting, celebrating its 10th anniversary, brings together investigators from all over the world to focus on issues related to ribosome synthesis. The 2015 EMBO Conference on Ribosome Assembly will be held at the Hotel Metropole in downtown Brussels from August 19-23, 2015. The meeting will focus Continue Reading »Posted in: News, Research, Spotlight Stories, Upcoming Events
The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation is proud to support the research of Dr. Shai Izraeli, Professor in the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at Tel Aviv University and the Head of the Childhood Leukemia Research Institute within the Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and the Cancer Research Center at Sheba Medical Center, Israel. The DBAF provided a $32,000 grant Continue Reading »Posted in: Misc, News, Research, Spotlight Stories
ANNOUNCEMENT: “DBA: Building Global Bridges”: An interdisciplinary symposium to facilitate networking between clinicians, scientists, and patients worldwide. An international meeting on Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), a rare inherited blood disease will take place at the Division of Pediatrics, University of Freiburg in Germany, on September 19-20, 2014. “DBA: Building Global Bridges” is an interdisciplinary symposium established under the umbrella of the ERARE-funded Continue Reading »Posted in: Misc, News, Spotlight Stories, Upcoming Events
The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation (DBAF), in partnership with DBA Canada (DBAC), is proud to provide a $25,000 grant to Dr. David Bodine for his project, Assay Development and Preliminary Screening of Small Molecules to Increase Ribosomal Protein Levels. David Bodine, PhD, Senior Investigator and Chief, Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch Head, Hematopoiesis Section of the National Human Genome Research Institute explained, “The vast Continue Reading »Posted in: News, Research
Congress has again made funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Bone Marrow Failure Research Program (BMFRP). The DOD, in turn, is making funds available to scientists around the world with the vision of understanding and curing bone marrow failure diseases. Researchers apply to DOD for support of their research and for research training by submitting an Continue Reading »Posted in: Families in the News, News, Spotlight Stories
In April 2014 when the DBAF awarded Dr. Harvey Lodish $21,281, the intent was to fill a gap for a few months until Dr. Lodish received government money. Unfortunately, Dr. Lodish was notified that the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center program had been reorganized and discontinued due to lack of available funding from Congress, leaving him with no funds to Continue Reading »Posted in: News, Research, Spotlight Stories
The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation is proud to support the very important work of Vijay G. Sankaran, M.D., Ph.D. of Boston Children’s Hospital. The DBAF has provided $36,000 to fund Dr. Sankaran’s research project entitled, Defining GATA1 Transcriptional Alterations in Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Sankaran is an outstanding investigator and was a leader in the Continue Reading »Posted in: Misc, News, Research, Spotlight Stories
The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation is pleased to announce the funding of another exciting research project. A grant for $35,000 was awarded to Daniel Finley, Ph.D. for his project entitled, “A new mode of ribosome regulation specific to reticulocytes.” Dr. Daniel Finley, a well-established investigator and a professor at Harvard University, is new to the DBA field. He will be Continue Reading »Posted in: Misc, News, Research
The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation (DBAF) is proud to announce the funding of another important research project. Through the dedication, hard work, and generosity of our families, friends, and supporters, the DBAF was able to award $21,281 to Dr. Harvey Lodish’s project entitled, “High-throughput screening identifies many novel potential therapies for Diamond Blackfan Anemia.” The esteemed Dr. Lodish provided the Continue Reading »Posted in: News, Research, Spotlight Stories
It has been seven years since DBA became part of our vocabulary. Our son’s diagnosis brought confusion, apprehension and despair. The discovery of DBAF is a stroke of serendipity. While even more tears were shed, these are now mingled with knowledge, understanding and, more significantly, hope. It will be through research that our son will be able to secure a brighter future.
We are not the first to say this and we will not be the last, the DBAF has saved our child’s life. I cringe at the thought of what her care would be had we not met the DBAF.
While I know the road will not always be without struggle, we will continue to learn more through research and the determination of the amazing DBA community.