#ScienceSaturday: October 14, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: October 14, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research Cerebral Visual Impairment: genetic diagnoses and phenotypic associations Knowing which symptoms are associated with a disease is crucial…

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October 2023 Highlights

October 2023 Highlights

Dear KAND Community ~ Our team has been busy with a number of different projects we’d like to share with you and some important community updates you need to know about. Thanks for reading and staying connected! KAND Community Member updates In Remembrance: Lyon Hallin Unfortunately, our KAND community lost another warrior last month to…

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#ScienceSaturday: October 7 ,2023

#ScienceSaturday: October 7 ,2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research Genetic landscape of congenital insensitivity to pain and 2 hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies KAND heterogeneity – the…

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#ScienceSaturday: September 30, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: September 30, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research In the rare disease space, a common and straightforward question is: How rare is the disease? But the…

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#ScienceSaturday: September 23, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: September 23, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research RAB3 phosphorylation by pathogenic LRRK2 impairs trafficking of synaptic vesicle precursors During the COVID-19 epidemic many of us…

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#ScienceSaturday: September 16, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: September 16, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research F-box protein FBXB-65 regulates anterograde transport of UNC-104 through modification near the PH domain KIF1A is an impressive…

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#ScienceSaturday: September 9, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: September 9, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research The Nucleoporin Nup153 Is the Anchor for Kif1a during Basal Nuclear migration in Brain Progenitor Cells One of…

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#ScienceSaturday: September 2, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: September 2, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. 2023 KAND Family & Scientific Engagement Conference Wrap-up A happy Labor Day weekend to our readers in the US! It’s…

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#ScienceSaturday: July 29, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: July 29, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A in New York: The 2023 KAND Family & Scientific Engagement Conference We won’t be posting next Saturday, but not…

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#ScienceSaturday: July 22, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: July 22, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research A Plant Flavonol Rescues a Pathogenic Mutation Associated with Kinesin in Neurons We’ve spoken in the past about…

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#ScienceSaturday: July 15, 2023

#ScienceSaturday: July 15, 2023

#ScienceSaturday posts share exciting scientific developments and educational resources with the KAND community. Each week, Dr. Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. KIF1A-Related Research Hidden behavioral fingerprints in epilepsy Epilepsies are disorders of electrical activity in the central nervous system. When the…

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