The Project
Rational Intervention for KCNQ2/3 Epileptic Encephalopathy
Acknowledgements
We express our deep gratitude to participating families and referring physicians.
Launching of The RIKEE Project, including the patient database and website, was funded (2013-2014) by a Research Infrastructure Program Grant supported jointly by the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation. Additional and ongoing funding has been provided by Baylor College of Medicine, and grants from the Jack Pribaz Foundation, the KCNQ2 Cure Alliance, the Miles Family Fund, family donations, and Xenon Pharmaceuticals. We are very grateful for this essential support. The funders have not previewed or approved and are not responsible for the content of this site.
We acknowledge the Jack Pribaz Foundations and the KCNQ2 Cure Alliance for referral of interested families and helpful collaboration. Other KCNQ2 related research in Dr. Edward Cooper's laboratory is or has been funded by NINDS, CURE, GlaxoSmithKline, Knopp Biosciences, and SciFluor Life Sciences. Other KCNQ2 related research in Dr. Taglialatela's lab is funded by Telethon and by the University of Molise.
Last Updated: 3/12/2020