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Repair-HD, cont... H D I N S I G H T S T M T H A N K S L U N D B E C K F O R I T S G E N E R O U S S U P P O R T More information on the project, as well as a list of participating sites and investigators, can be found at repair-hd.eu. Professor Stephen Dunnett (Deputy Coordinator) is the co-director with Professor Rosser of the Brain Repair Group in the Cardiff University School of Biosciences. He has internationally recognized expertise in animal models of PD and HD, development of novel tests for analysis of cognitive and motor function in these models, systematic functional assessment of cell transplantation, and analysis of the mechanisms of functional recovery, as the basis for translational and preclinical development of methods for cell therapy in human neurodegeneration. Professor Anne Rosser (Coordinator) heads the South Wales clinical neurology service for HD as consultant neurologist. She chairs the UK HD research network and the UK arm of the European HD Network, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the global project Enroll-HD. As a scientist, Professor Rosser co-directs the Brain Repair Group in the Cardiff University School of Biosciences with particular responsibility for neural stem cell studies, and is the clinical director of the Cardiff Foetal Tissue Bank. Acknowledgements: Repair-HD has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n°602245 Profs. Anne Rosser and Stephen Dunnett, leaders of the Repair-HD research network, comment: "Repair-HD brings to fruition 35 years of development, from the very first studies of cell transplantation in animal models of HD to the implementation of all the tools… needed to bring a practical, effective and efficient stem cell therapy into the clinic to benefit patients and their families with this devastating disease. It is a privilege to be working with such a great team of colleagues, each of whom is an international leader in their respective area of expertise. We are also indebted to HD families who have patiently and generously contributed their time to this work, and to the funders and lay associations who have supported it over many years." H D I N S I G H T S HD Insights, Vol. 8 10