By FSH Society Ambassador Trisha Sprayberry I’m sure everyone knows about the ALS ice bucket challenge: folks dousing themselves with icy buckets of water for ALS. This campaign took off nationally with… Read More »
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Watch DUX4 switch on in facioscapulohumeral MD muscle cells
In this amazing time-lapse video, as immature muscle cells (myoblasts) develop and fuse to form elongated myotubes, the nuclei inside the cells glow green as they express DUX4 protein, a key player… Read More »
FSH Society Beneficiary of Variety of Fall Fundraising Events
From PRWeb The FSH Society, the Massachusetts-based charity that has transformed the science of the little-known and incurable disease, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), will be the beneficiary of a collection… Read More »
Why seek genetic testing for Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy?
Even without treatment, a diagnosis is therapeutic By Asifa Lalji (from her article in the FSH Watch Newsletter Spring/Summer 2015) When the Canadian provincial government of British Columbia decided it… Read More »
Doug & Gracie NYC to DC needs your support!
This September 6, Doug Craig, a retired scientist who has lived with FSHD since his teenage years, will be embarking on a 290-mile journey from New York City’s Columbus Circle… Read More »