Under the aegis of Dr Caroline Silve, Research Physician at INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) and in collaboration with Drs Vikkula, and Boon, Institut Christian de Duve, Université catholique de Louvain (Brussels, Belgium) a program was carried out, the findings of which were published in OXFORD JOURNALS on June 17, 2008.
2 genetic mutations have been identified, IDH1 and IDH2 (article on Nature Genetics).
The Ollier-Maffucci association has helped to improve state funding for this research by assisting the INSERM.U 773 research unit.
euros for participation in “Candidate Gene” research, including organization of logistics and financing of blood sample transport.
euros to finance two sequencing kits.
euros to fund a bioinformatics student (3 months) as part of an all-genome research project linked to the disease.