CRF Research Insights – Your Donations at Work!

Did you know that CRF is the largest fund provider of cystinosis research in the world?  We have funded over 206 multi-year grants in 12 countries. When we started in 2003 there were a handful of researchers studying cystinosis but because of your support, we now have hundreds of researchers working every day to find better treatments and a cure.  In June and July, we issued grant payments to Stéphanie Cherqui, PhD, Francesco Bellomo, PhD, and Francesco Emma, MD, PhD, and Matias Simons, MD, totaling $178,017.18.  You have helped us create a synergistic global research community, thank you!

Stéphanie Cherqui, PhD, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
June 2021 Final Grant Payment $92,223.00
Mechanism of Bone Marrow Stem Cell-Mediated Therapy in the Mouse Model of Cystinosis
Two-Year Grant Award Spring 2019 – $362,746.00

Francesco Bellomo, PhD, and Francesco Emma, MD, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
July 2021 Final Grant Payment $47,877.50
Ketogenic Diet for Nephropathic Cystinosis
Two-Year Grant Award Spring 2019 – $200,310.00

Matias Simons, MD, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
July 2021 Final Grant Payment $37,916.68
Elucidation of Tissue-Specific Roles of Cystinosin in mTORC1 Signaling and Mitochondrial Metabolism
Two-Year Grant Award Spring 2019 – $150,000.00