Genomic corrector:  time to look at diseases

 

 

In 2018 the Department of Cellular, computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO) University of Trento created a “gene corrector”, a kind of precision scapel, that could enable a crucial advance in the fight against genetic diseases.

This signifies an evolution in technique, the so-called CRISPR/cas9, that permits the genome to be cut at the exact spot where the DNA is diseased. Up until now the cut could be carried out on parts of a healthy genome, causing unpredictable effects, while the version created in Trento is currently the most precise and safe in the world.

Experiments on specific pathologies are now actually being carried out.
 
The first category of disease where CRISPR Cas9 will be used for clinical experimentation is that of rare genetic pathologies, produced from the mutation of an individual gene in the genome..

The correction of this gene in a sufficient number of cells could slow down or even stop the degenerative process of the mutation.

Help us do more

If you want this research to stay in Italy or if you want to contribute to progress in science and medicine, just click as shown below

and join the Trento research group that has launched the most significant challenge in Italy in the fight against today’s uncurable diseases.

How to contribute

By credit card and paypal

Click on "donate now" and you will be transferred to the Banca popolare di Sondrio’s website.

Then follow the instructions:

  1. select institution (ente) choosing University of Trento
  2. purpose of payment - (top right) - choose genomic corrector 
  3. enter the amount of your choice
  4. in the purpose of payment (causale)  box  enter  "donazione di modico valore per correttore genomico"
  5. fill in the next boxes  with an asterix and click on forward (avanti)
  6. choose the payment circuit from those indicated and click pay (paga)

Using the following bank transfer details

Università degli Studi di Trento

IBAN: IT30V0569601800000003117X69

BIC/SWIFT: POSOIT22

Indicating in the purpose of payment box : "donazione di modico valore per correttore genomico".

The meaning of a moderate donation sum according to article 783 c.c. a modest donation with regard to the donor’s economic situation.

For information and donations above 1,000 euro contact  fundraising [at] unitn.it

Tax concessions

Donations made for research carried out at the University of Trento are totally deductable from income.

It is suggested that the receipt given upon payment of the donation be kept  and produced on the occasion of filing the donor’s tax return, with the purpose of obtaining a rebate. 

For further information download the pdf file in the  Download section.