Board Of Directors Approves Research Projects

January 2004

The CdLS USA Foundation is pleased to announce that the we have approved and will fund four research projects addressing clinical or research topics within the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. Awards were given to the following proposals:

Behavioral Phenotype and Predictors of Maladaptive Behaviors in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Principal Investigator: Marco Grados, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Site: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD.

Chromosomal Analysis of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Patients by Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Principal Investigator: Cheryl DeScipio, Ph.D.
Research Site: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA.

Development of Prenatal Diagnostic Markers for Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Principal Investigator: Dinah Yaeger, M.S.
Research Site: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA.

Is a Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathy Part of the Clinical Spectrum of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome?
Principal Investigator: Carsten Bonnenmann, M.D.
Research Site: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA.

Reports from all projects were presented at the 22nd National CdLS Conference, June 24-27, 2004, in Oak Brook, Illinois.