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Arrangements for the donation of NP-C organs and/or tissue can be made through the APMRF by contacting Glen Shepherd, Executive Director at gshepherd@parseghian.org This gift helps NP-C researchers learn more and more about this disease to help those who are living with NP-C. The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation is working closely with the University of Maryland Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders. This tissue bank will also store and distribute this valuable resource to researchers who are conducting investigations on Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Please visit the website at the University of Maryland Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders at: http://www.BTBank.org You may also call Melissa Larkins at 1-800-847-1539. The University of Maryland Brain and Tissue Bank is associated with the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD). The brain and tissue banks are set up to provide human material for investigators studying children's diseases which alter normal development or maturation of the nervous system. The brain and tissue bank at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The principal goal of the University of Maryland Brain and Tissue Bank is to provide well-characterized and high quality tissue to researchers who are investigating the etiology, mechanisms of disease, and potential avenues of treatment into such disorders. The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation has entered into a collaborative relationship with the Coriell Cell Repository, to house and distribute NP-C cell lines to researchers around the world. Please visit the Coriell website at: http://ccr.coriell.org or call 1-800-752-3805 in the United States or 800-856-757-4848 from other countries. The E-Mail adddress is CCR@coriell.org. The Coriell Institute for Medical Research is an internationally known not-for-profit, basic biomedical research institution. In addition to conducting its own research in cancer, human genetic variation, mechanisms of cellular differentiation, and other genetic disorders, the Coriell Institute for Medical Research also serves the worldwide scientific community by maintaining the world's largest collection of human cells for research. The identification of genes associated with Huntington Disease, cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer Disease, Down syndrome and a severe form of manic depression, among many others relied on cells from the collections at Coriell. Taking the understanding of these diseases even further, cell lines such as Niemann-Pick Type C are being used to elucidate therapeutic directions in research. |
