I am very excited about this weekend.
This weekend I'm going to Fort Wayne as the HPS Network's representative at The Mouse Project fundraiser. The Molter family has raised more money for HPS than any other donor. It's this funding that made the grant for Dr. Young possible.
I feel such a personal debt of thanks to the Molters, and to everyone in Fort Wayne that helps with this fundraiser, that I'm very excited to get to meet then in person!
Here's the press release that was just issued a few hours ago about this weekend.
The Mouse Project Annual FundraiserArticles / dBNews
Indianapolis
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 08:20:55
Fort Wayne, IN - The fifth annual Mouse Project Fundraiser, a benefit for Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome or HPS will be held at Sweetwater Sound on April 25th from 7 to 11 PM. This year’s special evening of fun with friends is being held to help ensure Julia and Tommy, and other children and adults with HPS, can follow their dreams. Tickets are just $60 per person and your reservation will include gambling with Little Vegas casino, a silent auction, open bar, hors d’oervres and drinks. Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome or HPS is an extremely rare and complicated condition affecting only 600 people in the United States and Puerto Rico. It is a genetic metabolic disorder characterized by Albinism, vision impairment and bleeding diathesis. In 2005, The Mouse Project was launched. This name was chosen as scientist use mice in their laboratories to identify and isolate potential cures. The American Thoracic Society has matched the total raised research funding to support the Molter’s quest to find a cure for their children. When Becky and Tim Molter discovered that their children have a genetic disorder called Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) they became proactive and worked to raise money locally to financially fund research projects. “Our main goal is to lead scientists to find a cure for the fatal complication of HPS, pulmonary fibrosis.” Thanks to the funding provided by the people of Fort Wayne, Ind. The HPS Network has been able to fund our part of the second year of a grant to Dr. Lisa Young. Dr. Young is studying the lungs of HPS mice and humans to better understand the biochemistry and cellular biology involved and thus identify future treatments. Her findings regarding T2 cells, macrophages and surfactant levels in those with HPS have been most helpful to all researchers working on HPS. Dr. Young’s grant is a joint effort of the HPS Network and the American Thoracic Society.
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This weekend I'm going to Fort Wayne as the HPS Network's representative at The Mouse Project fundraiser. The Molter family has raised more money for HPS than any other donor. It's this funding that made the grant for Dr. Young possible.
I feel such a personal debt of thanks to the Molters, and to everyone in Fort Wayne that helps with this fundraiser, that I'm very excited to get to meet then in person!
Here's the press release that was just issued a few hours ago about this weekend.
The Mouse Project Annual FundraiserArticles / dBNews
Indianapolis
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 08:20:55
Fort Wayne, IN - The fifth annual Mouse Project Fundraiser, a benefit for Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome or HPS will be held at Sweetwater Sound on April 25th from 7 to 11 PM. This year’s special evening of fun with friends is being held to help ensure Julia and Tommy, and other children and adults with HPS, can follow their dreams. Tickets are just $60 per person and your reservation will include gambling with Little Vegas casino, a silent auction, open bar, hors d’oervres and drinks. Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome or HPS is an extremely rare and complicated condition affecting only 600 people in the United States and Puerto Rico. It is a genetic metabolic disorder characterized by Albinism, vision impairment and bleeding diathesis. In 2005, The Mouse Project was launched. This name was chosen as scientist use mice in their laboratories to identify and isolate potential cures. The American Thoracic Society has matched the total raised research funding to support the Molter’s quest to find a cure for their children. When Becky and Tim Molter discovered that their children have a genetic disorder called Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) they became proactive and worked to raise money locally to financially fund research projects. “Our main goal is to lead scientists to find a cure for the fatal complication of HPS, pulmonary fibrosis.” Thanks to the funding provided by the people of Fort Wayne, Ind. The HPS Network has been able to fund our part of the second year of a grant to Dr. Lisa Young. Dr. Young is studying the lungs of HPS mice and humans to better understand the biochemistry and cellular biology involved and thus identify future treatments. Her findings regarding T2 cells, macrophages and surfactant levels in those with HPS have been most helpful to all researchers working on HPS. Dr. Young’s grant is a joint effort of the HPS Network and the American Thoracic Society.
This article comes from dBusiness Newshttp://indianapolis.dbusinessnews.com/The URL for this story is:http://indianapolis.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=181770&type_news=latest
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