Unveiling The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, November 2008
The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research at Children's Hospital Boston was created to develop new methods for understanding, diagnosing and treating unusual diseases and to apply this knowledge to make fundamental scientific advances with broad implications for human health. To reach these goals, Children's joined in a partnership with The Manton Foundation to create a center devoted to understanding "orphan diseases" - genetic syndromes, immune system problems, errors of metabolism, neuromuscular disorders and other little-noticed but scientifically important disease processes. In our Center, experts committed to answering critical questions posed by puzzling and difficult diseases can collaborate, multiplying the impact of key medical discoveries and helping children and families facing profound medical challenges.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2009 Innovation Fund Awards!
This year, The Manton Center is supporting eight outstanding scientists from a variety of departments and divisions. Awardees come from Pathology, Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Hematology/Oncology, Genetics, Surgery, and Nephrology. By supporting work on rare diseases in these fields, The Manton Center continues to promote the investigation of the pathophysiology of rare diseases from all perspectives.
The Manton Center Goals
The Manton Center is a home for physicians and scientists at Children's who share a common vision. The goals of this collaboration are to:
Unlock the mysteries of orphan diseases in order to develop better diagnostic tests and design new treatments and cures
Discover fundamental biological principles that have broad applications and can lead to advances in our understanding of common diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other major health problems
Train a new generation of investigators who will infuse creative energy into the battle against orphan diseases
Disseminate The Manton Center's findings among lay and medical/ scientific communities locally, nationally and globally to spur interest and support for orphan disease research and care
