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All Diseases > Mucopolysaccharidoses

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)

Alternative Names: MPS Disorder

Disease Category: Lysosomal Diseases

A group of nine rare, inherited, lysosomal disorders caused by genetic mutations which produce 11 dysfunctional enzymes that cannot break down glycosaminoglycans (GAGs, complex sugar molecules with amino groups that are critical components of connective tissues). Common symptoms include multiple organ involvement, skeletal and heart abnormalities, joint and breathing problems, neurological dysfunction, and, in some diseases, hydrops fetalis.

Research groups studying this disease

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Promotes awareness and raises funds to support research aimed at finding a cure for all types of Sanfilippo syndrome.

Offers support and education programs for those managing the diagnosis and progression of mucopolysaccharide (MPS) and related diseases.

Accelerates research to find the first-ever FDA-approved treatment or cure for Sanfilippo syndrome.

Raises and distributes funds to academic research groups focused on finding treatments for Sanfilippo syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) III.

Provides support for families and fosters research for a cure for mucopolysaccharide (MPS) disease.

Drives research for a world without Sanfilippo syndrome by funding research, providing information, raising awareness, advocating, and improving diagnosis.

Funds research projects that aim to find a cure for mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS); advocates and provides support for families of individuals suffering from MPS.

Raises awareness and funding for orphan disease research, with a focus on mucopolysaccharidos type I (MPS I) and related diseases.

Provides support across the United Kingdom to families affected by one of 25 rare, life-limiting genetic conditions.

Funds medical research into Sanfilippo syndrome and its related neurogenetic diseases.