Help Olly Onlus
Associazione Help Olly Onlus
Torino, Italy
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Help Olly Onlus is a non-profit association based in Torino, Italy working on medical research, health.
Help Olly Onlus is an Italian non-profit association that raises funds to finance genetic research into infantile-onset ascending spastic paraplegia (IAHSP), a very rare motor neuron disease caused by mutations in the ALS2 gene. The association supports university and research institution projects in Italy and abroad, and also supports affected people and their families. Its work includes a patient database, biomarker research, gene therapy and drug discovery, and it runs fundraising campaigns such as birthday donations, Christmas and Easter gifts, and the 5x1000 tax allocation scheme.
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Dataset Pazienti
Medical research
Open-access database collecting clinical and genetic data of patients with infantile-onset ascending spastic paraplegia (IAHSP) to support data analysis, including machine learning.
Terapia Genica
Medical research
Research into gene therapy techniques to overcome current limits in delivering therapy for the large ALS2 gene.
Drug Discovery
Medical research
Research and identification of drugs to restore the cellular function altered by the disease.
Ricerca di Biomarkers
Medical research
Search for biological and cellular markers that can be monitored, ideally through a simple blood test, to track disease progression and treatment response.
Caratterizzazione Omica
Medical research
Omics characterisation of cellular models to understand their functioning and pathological alterations.
Modelli Cellulari
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Development of cellular models, including from skin biopsies, to study the pathogenic mechanism at cellular level.
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Università di Torino, Politecnico di Torino, Università degli Studi di Trieste, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Northwestern University, Tokaidai University
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