







"Thank you yet again to Max Appeal for the handbook, gave it to zak's school and they are DiGeorge experts already."
2012 International Conference in Florida!
Call For Abstracts:
The 2012 Conference Organizing Committee Cordially Invites Delegates to Submit Their Best Work for Consideration and Inclusion Following Peer Review for:
The 8th Biennial International 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Meeting
'Detection * Care * Cure – The Magic of Making a Difference'
Located at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA - From July 6 – 10, 2012
Growth Charts
Download the full set on pdf. This work is collaborative effort between Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
USA Newborn Screening Project
Breaking new ground!!
The meeting on 26th of January in Washingtom DC, with the US Secretary of Health's Committee on Heritable Disorders and Newborn gave a collaborative group, with representatives from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Toronto, The International 22q Foundation, Max Appeal, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and The Ryan and Jenny Dempster Foundation, the opportunity to present a case for adding 22q11.2 syndromes to the list of already mandated list of conditions screened for in newborn babies.
The Oxford One
John Disley took part in the Oxford Half Marathon on 25th September.... making it look far too easy!!
The Basingstoke Four
A quartet of intrepid ladies put themselves forward for the Basingstoke Half Marathon on 2nd October. The team was led by Michelle Adone–Thatcher with Natalie Field, Leanne Ives and Katrina Vincent.
Michelle works for IBM has a 9 year old daughter Leanne, who was diagnosed with Di-George Syndrome aged 8, a year after being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
