Project partners

Associazione Veneta per la Lotta alla Talassemia

Associazione Veneta per la Lotta alla Talassemia (A.V.L.T.) is an ONLUS (non profit-making organization of social value) in accordance with comma 8 of article 10 of Government Decree no. 460 dated 4th December 1997.

The Association is involved in:

• taking care of thalassaemics in health service structures
• providing families with information about the disease and the treatments, by means of meetings and personal appointments with specialists
• participating in meetings with various institutions and associations in order to spread awareness of the disease and how to prevent it.

website www.avlt.it

Fondazione Umberto Di Mario

Fondazione Umberto Di Mario has been constituted in 2000 on initiative of a group of exponents of the Italian scientific world, joined from the common scope to actively promote the Research, the Study and the Formation in biomedical field.
In the choice of its name and in the carrying out of its activities, the foundation is inspired by the example and testimony of one of its founders, Prof. Umberto Di Mario, an illustrious physician and Professor of Endocrinology at La Sapienza University in Rome as well as the Chairman of the Società Italiana di Diabetologia (Italian Society of Diabetology).

website www.fondazionedimario.org

ThalLab - University of Ferrara

The Laboratory for the development of genetic and pharmacogenomic therapy of thalassemia, ThalLab, has been activated following an Agreement of collaboration between the Center of Biotechnology of University of Ferrara (CBF) and the Associazione Veneta per la Lotta alla Talassemia (A.V.L.T.) of Rovigo. The laboratory is directed by a Scientific Responsible, with the advice of a Directive Council, currently constituted by the same responsible, the investigators involved in the research and the representatives of A.V.L.T.

website www.talassemiaricerca.it