Grants Made
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Capturing the ‘real-world’ experience of belzutifan
VHL UK Ireland has granted £41,000 to Crick Insitute Researchers – Dr. Scott Shepherd, Prof. Samra Turajlic and Prof. William Drake Background Belzutifan is transforming the management of individuals with…
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UK Registry for VHL disease … Status Update June 7th 2024
Some of this Charity’s Grant Award funding went towards Huairen Zhang’s PhD studentship and the following article has now been published. Characteristics, aetiology and implications for management of multiple primary…
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Study of molecular mechanisms involved when VHL patients undergo belzutifan (Welireg) therapy.
VHL UK Ireland has granted £35,000 to Professor William Drake Consultant Physician/Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. An overview from Professor Drake: Our research endeavours focus on the…
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VHL Research at the Francis Crick Institute
The charity has recently made a £20,000 donation to the Francis Crick Institute to help with their research into the VHL gene. This was made possible by a large fund-raising donation from…
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UK Registry for VHL disease and other Inherited kidney tumour syndromes
VHL UK Ireland has granted £60,000* to Eamonn Maher, Head of the Department of Medical Genetics to establish a national registry for VHL disease and related disorders. After a rigorous…
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Published Articles from the 100,000 genomes project VHL study
The VHL Alliance published in its Summer 2022 Newsletter an overview: ALTERATIONS IN THE ELOC GENE MAY CAUSE VHL DISEASE BY DR. AMIT TIROSH, SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER. “The diagnosis of…
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100,000 genomes project VHL study
VHL UK Ireland has granted £60,000* to Eammon Maher, Head of the Department of Medical Genetics for this study which is paramount to the understanding of genetic conditions such as…
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Saturation Genome Editing to Define Genotype/Phenotype Relationships in VHL Disease
VHL UK Ireland has granted £20,000 to Professor William Drake Consultant Physician/Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Some snippets taken from the project description. Saturation genome editing (SGE)is…
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Two additional Grant Awards of £20,000 each to existing projects
VHL UK/Ireland has made two additional continuation grant awards of £20,000 each to the UK Registry for VHL disease and other Inherited kidney tumour syndromes and 100,000 genomes project VHL study projects. These projects…
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£4,995 donation for a L20001 Luna FL Automated Fluorescence Cell Counter
Our £4,995 donation was spent by Eammon Maher, Head of the Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge for a L20001 Luna FL Automated Fluorescence Cell Counter. This was the thank you…