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Understanding Your Child’s GRIN Genes: The Science Made Simple
Hello everyone! My name is Kat Reiher and today I want to discuss a new review that came out a

Remembering Arthur
To this day, I remember the first moment I saw my son Arthur right after his birth, which, I canguarantee,

Cure in Progress – December 2025
Lauren and I just got back from the American Epilepsy Society meeting where we met with four biopharma companies running

CureGRIN Holiday Gift Guide
The holidays are the perfect opportunity to show your appreciation for loved ones with gifts that come from the heart.

A Family’s Guide to the Combined Brain Biorepository
As the mother of a young daughter with a rare genetic disorder, I’m constantly looking for ways to contribute to

Cure in Progress Report: August 2025
Welcome to the inaugural edition of our Cure in Progress Report! As the Executive Director of CureGRIN Foundation, I’m thrilled

CureGRIN Announces $200,000 in New Research Funding: Accelerating the Search for Treatments and Cures
CureGRIN is incredibly proud to announce $200,000 in new research funding to help us achieve our goal of finding treatments

Cure in Progress Report: June 2025
Welcome to the inaugural edition of our Cure in Progress Report! As the Executive Director of CureGRIN Foundation, I’m thrilled

Accessing GRI gene models
Are you a researcher interested in accessing GRI gene animal models, patient variant animalmodels, patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells, and/or

Success Reimagined: How My Child Changed My Perspective
She doesn’t care about the quality of her toys, the designer of her clothes, the car her parents drive, or

Remembering Hayden
Grief caused by the loss of a child is always just under the surface of all our other emotions –

🎉 It’s Here! Stories of GRI is Officially Released! 🎉
We are beyond thrilled to announce that Stories of GRI e-book and paperback are now available!

Unraveling GRIA1 neurodevelopmental disorders: Lessons learned from the p.(Ala636Thr) variant
One of the mysteries about GRI disorders is why some patients are far more affected than others. It was interesting

Radiprodil reduces seizures in GRIN (gain-of-function) patients by a median of 86% in first-ever commercial clinical trial for GRI Disorders
The potential treatment also led to clinical improvements in other symptoms, and was well tolerated from a safety perspective.

Rare Across America with Kat
My name is Kat Reiher, I am the lead Ambassador for CureGRIN, and I wanted to write about Rare Across

Early Results from GRI Census
In just one week, nearly 150 families representing 10 genes and 16 countries have completed and submitted the GRI Census.

CureGRIN’s Letter to the CDC Regarding ICD-10 Codes for GRI Disorders
Since our founding in 2019, CureGRIN has been working tirelessly alongside researchers, clinicians and industry to accelerate the path to

L-Serine Trial Update
A recently published clinical trial found that a new treatment, L-serine, appeared to have some positive effects in a small

How 2023 brought us closer to treatments and cures
Since our founding in 2019, CureGRIN has been working tirelessly alongside researchers, clinicians and industry to accelerate the path to

CureGRIN awards $652,500 in Research Grants
CureGRIN Foundation is excited to announce that we are funding five research projects for a total investment of $652,500. The

Research in mice suggests that adults can overcome developmental deficits caused by GRIN Disorder.
Researchers at the University of Toronto tested whether repairing a Grin1 mutation in mice can restore cognitive function. In the

GRIN researchers receive nearly $3 million in research grants to study clinical and functional consequences of variants and gene therapy
Meet the GRIN Researchers Series

GRIA Ask Me Anything
We are excited to kickoff our 2nd annual virtual physical family challenge to promote healthy lifestyles while raising money to
CureGRIN to Invest Millions in Research Towards Treatments and Cures
Investments will be focused on answering the 10 “essential questions” that were identified in consultation with families, researchers and clinicians.

Understanding NMDA Receptors: A Guide for GRIN Disorder Families
By: Meagan Collins You’ve probably heard that GRIN genes contain the DNA code to build NMDA receptors (NMDARs), but what
GRIN Sibling: Sierra
Sierra Wasielewski, Sister to Austin, shares her experience on being a sibling to her brother with GRIN Disorder.

GRIN Sibling: Abby
Abby Pellitteri, Twin Sister to Owen, shares her experience on being a sibling to her brother with GRIN Disorder.

Neurostorms
Several parents in the GRIN community have reported specific non-epileptic events in their children.

GRI University Part 3, GRI Treatments and Path to a Cure April 9
Educational primer for the April 2022 virtual GRI Conference

GRI University Part 2, GRI Biology and Functional Analysis March 26
Educational primer for the April 2022 virtual GRI Conference

GRI University Part 1, GRI Genetics March 12
Educational primer for the April 2022 virtual GRI Conference

Dominics Legacy
One family’s unimaginable loss is providing hope for other GRIN families.

Visual Motor Skills for Children with a GRI Disorder
Developmental delays including gross motor, fine motor, vision, and speech are common with GRIN Disorder. Children diagnosed with GRIN Disorder

CureGRIN Scientific Newsletter – Jan 2021
Every two months, we’ll be sharing updates on the latest publications about GRIN genes, NMDA receptors and other glutamate receptors.

CureGRIN Scientific Newsletter – Oct 2020
Every two months, we’ll be sharing updates on the latest publications about GRIN genes, NMDA receptors and other glutamate receptors.

CureGRIN Awards $75K for Rare GRIN Disorder Research Grant
CureGRIN Foundation is pleased to announce an investment of $75,000 to cover the cost of functional analysis for 50 people

Cure GRIN Scientific Newsletter – July 2020
Every two months, we’ll be sharing updates on the latest publications about GRIN genes, NMDA receptors and other glutamate receptors.

GRIN Disorder and the Medical System
We recently asked family members of the GRIN Disorder community about their concerns and challenges with the medical system.

GRIN Genetics 101: Understanding Your Kid’s Whole Exome Sequencing Report (WES)
When we become parents of rare disease kids, we’re expected to become everything from physiotherapist to pharmacist overnight. This post

Unlocking Bryson’s Brain
This eight-part series tells the story of Bryson, GRIN Disorder, and Keith’s family’s search for a cure.

Stronger Together: Austin’s Purpose Is Joining CureGRIN
Big news! We are thrilled to share that Austin’s Purpose, the first charity to raise funds for GRIN Disorders, will
CureGRIN Awarded $450,000 Grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
We are so excited to announce that CureGRIN has received a $450,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Rare
Huge Grant for GRIN Disorder Research
Researchers in Canada have been awarded a C$868,275 government grant (approximately US $650,000) to investigate treatments for GRIN Disorders. Dr.

How I Became a GRIN Disorder Champion
Searching and Finding at the CFERV Conference on GRIN Variants Parents of children with rare diseases are the ultimate hunters

Introducing GRIN Therapeutics
We recently announced plans to initiate the first clinical study on Radiprodil. Meet the GRIN Therapeutics team here.







