Third Annual Cure CRV Extravaganza

128 West Central Avenue,Bentonville AR 72712

25 September, 2021

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Join us for a night filled with live music, dinner, an open bar, mouse races, a silent auction, and so much more! Dr. Atkinson and his group at the Washington University School of Medicine have been working for several decades to increase our understanding of this disease. Through collaborations with physician/scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles and Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, less than 20 families across the world have been identified with this disease. In 2001, the mutated gene was localized to a region on chromosome 3. In 2007, the specific genetic defect in all of these families was discovered in a single gene (called TREX-1). The protein the gene makes plays an important role in repair of DNA. The function of normal and the mutated TREX-1 is being investigated in order to understand how it causes the disease. Because of these developments, a definitive means to establish the diagnosis is available. The condition is often misdiagnosed as a brain tumor, stroke, or multiple sclerosis. The goal now is to find a treatment to replace, bypass, correct or negate the effects of the defective protein. Since there are only 10 families that have been diagnosed with this disease, there are insufficient funds available to continue on with research and that’s why we are asking for your help. All money raised will go directly to St. Louis University to fund research for curing CRV. CURECRV.COM