Exciting update from Theranexus regarding clinical trial in 2023 for CLN3 Please read the article below
We hope you will join us in wishing a warm welcome to Dr Joanne Nightingale as our new BDFA Scientific Officer. Jo has with a wealth of experience in scientific research and has worked in the lab doing pre-clinical research…
Thanks to Theranexus for sharing this update, and also for being one of our gold sponsors at the BDFA family conference in September. Theranexus is committed to support patients with rare neurological disorders by focusing all its research efforts on…
The BDFA is proud to offer an exciting new service for families. We have just completed our first Peer Befriending training course and have a team of peer befriender volunteers ready to support parents in the Battens community… ‘What is…
Dear all, Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to postpone our AGM that was being held on June 24th 2022. We are working on arranging a new date for the meeting and will communicate this new date with you…
The Batten Disease Family Association will be holding their Annual General meeting on Saturday 25th June 2022. This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom meetings. Registration details and link for meeting will follow with agenda nearer to the time.…
The BDFA will once again have its own official Batten Disease Awareness Day song this year and it has been written and performed by Poppy Brownnutt, from Shipley West Yorkshire! Poppy, who is 15, wrote the song about her precious…
Here at the BDFA, we have exciting plans for awareness day and we really hope you can help support Batten disease and help us turn the UK orange to raise awareness on June 9th! There are so many ways you…
The BDFA was delighted to join international partner BDSRA and others for an enlightening and informative international session looking at the current research and treatment landscape for Batten disease, in the light of recent Dear Families The BDFA was…
We are so pleased to share this update from the amazing Bertie’s Helpers!! Bertie’s Helpers has now delivered 100 Tesco food deliveries, including good quality ready-meals, to families in the Battens community! This includes to families whose child or children…
