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Dublin Airport Taxi Drivers get moving for Cystinosis

A Fundraising evening held 25th August and hosted by Dublin Airport taxi drivers was a great success Find out more...

Hannon wins Medal!

James Hannon won a silver medal in the European Transplant & Dialysis Games Find out more...

Great Day and Evening in Preston

The Fifth Fundraiser held in Hertfordshire in aid of Cystinosis research was another great success. Find out more...

We launch our Facebook Page

Please join our Facebook page, we would love to hear your ideas and comments. You can find us at facebook.com/cystinosis.ireland Find out more...

  

Look back at our activities through these Newsletters from recent years:

Review of the Year 2009

Review of the Year 2008

Review of the Year 2007

Review of the Year 2006

 

Media Publications

  • Gene Therapy Researchers form Consortium to bring Cystinosis findings to clinical trials; disease reversed in laboratory tests.  Read More

  • Robert Gordon University, home to our Pro-drug project has recently jumped 27 places in the National Research Quality League Table
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  • This article appeared in the Irish Times on 17th March 2009.   Treating her son like a normal eight-year-old boy despite his rare genetic disease is part of her job as a parent, says Anne Marie O’Dowd. "We're in this for life"is her story as told to FIONA TYRRELL, of the Irish Times 
  • An article discussing our project at University College Cork appeared on 26th June 2008 in The Irish Times

  • Sinéad & Ciara Maguire - "2 in a Million", Daily Star (PDF)
     
  • Two US scientists and their UK collaborator were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2007 for their groundbreaking work in gene technology.  Their work plays a big part in our research project in Stanford University - Nobel Prize Article (PDF)
  • Kenny Murdock is our "Cystinosis Duck" - Can you spot him in this article (PDF)
     
  • Luke Hennelly "Calling for our Help" - Daily Star 14th June 2003  (PDF)
     
  • "Help us save Luke's life" - Sunday World 17th August 2003 (PDF)
     
  • Darren Barnes is featured in "No treatment for a rare disease" - The Star 8th November 2003 (PDF)

Stephen Rea and Cystinosis Foundation launch Women's Mini Marathon 2008 campaign - Read More