Objective The chondrodysplasias are an extremely diverse and complex group of rare genetic disorders, which affect the development of the skeleton. There are over 200 unique and well-characterised phenotypes, which range in severity from relatively mild to severe and lethal forms. They have an overall prevalence of at least 4 per 10,000 and this extrapolates to a minimum of 178,000 people in the 25 member states that suffer from chondrodysplasia.Many of the individual skeletal dysplasia phenotypes have been grouped into 'bone dysplasia families' on the basis of similar clinical and radiographic features and it has been proposed that members of the same family will share a common disease pathophysiology. Therefore, as a group of heterogeneous diseases, the chondrodysplasias have a complex aetiology but are likely to share similar basic mechanisms of disease initiation, progression and end-stage pathology. Fields of science medical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiologypathophysiology Programme(s) FP6-LIFESCIHEALTH - Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health: Thematic Priority 1 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) LSH-2005-2.1.1-9 - Rare diseases of connective tissues affecting bone and/or cartilage Call for proposal FP6-2005-LIFESCIHEALTH-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER EU contribution No data Address Oxford Road MANCHESTER United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 6 Kensington Terrace NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V Germany EU contribution No data Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 80539 MUENCHEN Germany BERLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Australia EU contribution No data Address Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road PARKVILLE, VICTORIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution No data Address Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25 GENT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CERTUS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Reg. Offices: 9 Abbey Road EXETER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GENTERPRISE GESELLSCHAFT FUER GENANALYSE UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE M. B. H. Germany EU contribution No data Address Johann-Joachim-Becherweg 32 MAINZ See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Calle Serrano 117 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE France EU contribution No data Address 101 Rue de Tolbiac PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA Italy EU contribution No data Address Corso Strada Nuova, 65 PAVIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM FREIBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address Hugstetter Str. 55 FREIBURG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data