# Friedreich's Ataxia Symposium at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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The 7th Annual Friedreich’s Ataxia Symposium was held on Oct. 13, 2014.

Topics included:

- Introduction of the Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence
- Results of a pilot study of gamma interferon
- Drug discoveries for Friedreich's ataxia (FA)
- Ataxia athletes
- Brain and spinal cord imaging 
- CNS imaging
- Medical USB bracelets
- Gene therapy to treat cardiomyopathy
- Increasing frataxin production to treat FA

[http://www.chop.edu/health-resources/friedreichs-ataxia-symposium#.VLOP7M9ybct](http://www.chop.edu/health-resources/friedreichs-ataxia-symposium#.VLOP7M9ybct)