Posted 4 years ago by Wales Gene Park
This research project will study a group of rare blood disorders in children, called Paediatric Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS).Paediatric MDS is characterised by failure of normal blood cells production. Without treatment these syndromes are usually fatal and can lead to leukaemia.The aim of this project is to improve our current understanding of the molecular pathways that lead to the disease development;identify all the disease related genetic abnormalities;document the natural history of the disease;create correlations between the clinical presentations and genetic defects and create targets for future therapies .Children with a diagnosis of Paediatric MDS from across all specialist paediatric haematology centres in the UK will be invited to participate in this project. From the study of these cases we aim to built a comprehensive picture of paediatric MDS,which is something that has not been achieved so far. We will record how these disorders present, all their clinical characteristics; laboratory tests results,...