HNF has the honor of knowing one such GAN patient, Hannah Sames. She was diagnosed with GAN at four years old, and now at age eleven, Hannah can no longer walk on her own.
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CBS News Report: A Mother’s Quest To Find Cure For Rare Genetic Defect
Raising global awareness of inherited neuropathies is a daily challenge we face head on at The...
Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Optic neuropathy is one of the symptoms of a less common form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease known as CMT6.
Breaking News: First Therapeutic Gene Therapy to Treat an Inherited Neuropathy is Approved for Clinical Trial!
The first disease community to receive a therapeutic gene to the spinal cord for an ultra rare inherited neuropathy is Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN). Congratulations to Hannah’s Hope Fund (HHF), a 501(c)3 public charity, which has driven this collaborative research in less than six years. Six million dollars has been raised to date to fund pre-clinical and clinical research on this rare disease.
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