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Translational Science Grant

Funder: SALLA TREATMENT AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (STAR Foundation)

Geographic Scope: Global

Focus Areas: Translational research on promising therapies for Free Sialic Acid Storage Disorder (FSASD), including Salla disease

Award Details:

  • One-year project duration

  • Projects funded by STAR Foundation's global donor community

  • Scientific merit review conducted by STAR Foundation Scientific Advisory Board

  • Approved by STAR's Board of Directors
  • Eligible Research Areas:

  • Drug screening and therapeutic candidate evaluation

  • Pre-clinical studies using animal models (zebrafish, mice)

  • Drug repurposing for FSASD treatment

  • Pro-myelinating compound evaluation

  • Evaluation of disease amelioration approaches
  • Recent Awardees (2025):
    1. "Using slc17a5 Zebrafish Mutants as a Platform to Screen Therapeutic Candidates" - Led by Heather Flanagan-Steet, PhD at JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, South Carolina, USA
    2. "Evaluation of clemastine fumarate for treatment of Free Sialic Acid Storage Disease using the Slc17a5 R39C mouse model" - Led by Forbes D. Porter MD, PhD and Cristin Davidson, PhD at Division of Translational Medicine, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Contact Information:

  • Salla Treatment And Research Foundation

  • PO Box 115

  • Goldens Bridge, NY 10526

  • Email: info@star-foundation.io

  • Website: star-foundation.io
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    science-research

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