BlogBlogHome » Blog BlogThe latest insights about PANDAS at your fingertips.New Immunological Mechanisms of PANDAS and Sydenham’s chorea Revealed Principal investigator Dritan Agalliu, Ph.D., Chair of the PANDAS Network Scientific Advisory Board and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ugur Akcan PhD, and Charlotte Wayne have worked to understand how streptococcal bacteria underlie the acute encephalitic onset in …PANDAS Neurologic Stem Cell Research, iPSC Modeling Understanding the Role of Genetic Risk Factors for PANDAS UsingHuman Induced-Pluripotent Stem Cells and Disease Modeling A PANDAS Network $50,000 grant to the Irene Munk Pedersen Laboratory,Scintillon Research Institute (San Diego, CA) received a grant to …PANS IVIG Study: Gene Expression Changes in Immune Cells After Treatment A recent discovery partly funded by a $50K grant from PANDAS Network has uncovered something exciting: in kids with PANS, a large group of genes in their white blood cells are out of whack—but they …Joint Statement Concerning AAP PANS Report FINAL-7.25.25_PANS_PANDAS_AAPReportRebuttalLetterDownload …Appeal an IVIG Health Insurance Denial Interview with the CEO of Claimable: Helping Families Appeal IVIG Therapy Denials In a recent interview, we spoke with Dr. Warris Bokhari, the CEO and Co-Founder of Claimable, who helped build a company dedicated to assisting families …How Mutation in One Gene, RXRa, Impacts the Brain of Children with PANDAS/PANS *This research is preliminary as projected to be submitted for publication in 2025 Ugur Akcan, a postdoctoral research scientist in the Agalliu Lab at Columbia University has investigated the effects of a genetic mutation identified in …New Strep Research Read more here Read the full research study here …Rooted in Reseilience: A Journey of Growth with PANDAS and PANS Watch the video here A Short Film Produced by StoryQ Rooted in Resilience: A Journey of Growth with PANDAS and PANS is a moving short documentary chronicling the lives of three teenagers—Jordana, Trent, and Kendall—over the course of …2024 New Perspectives on Streptococcal Infections and Related Disease The 2nd edition of the online open-access book is complete and can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK587111 Two chapters related to PANDAS, PANS, and Sydenham Chorea are listed below: 26. Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) Susan …1 2 3 … 5