Christini
Fund Accomplishments 2008
Through
the generosity of Christini Fund contributors we raised over $120,000 at the 9th
Annual UCSD Christini Fund golf event! Donations
will go toward:
- Creating
a mouse model of Alpers Syndrome for testing new mitochondrial therapies.
Dr. Naviaux discovered the cause of Alpers syndrome, which is one of
the oldest known forms of mitochondrial disease.
- Characterize
the genes that control mitochondria and the biochemistry of the cell during
early development and age-related diseases like diabetes, heart failure, and
dementia.
- Characterize
the genes and proteins that control the mitochondrial changes that are
associated with cancer, stem cells, tissue injury, and healing.
The
money from the Christini Fund event will be an important start as each of these
projects will cost approximately $300,000, for a total cost of $1.2 million over
4 years.
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