Our community has been promised for decades that “one day in the future” there will be treatments for FSHD, and so it’s amazing to realize that day is almost upon… Read More »
The Future is Now for Clinical Trials
A new, improved CRISPR-Cas9 technology
By Angela Lek, PhD Yale University The discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology has undoubtedly revolutionized the field of human genetics, enabling for the first time in human… Read More »
miRecule, Inc., is developing a novel treatment for FSHD
In their offices in Maryland, just northwest of Washington, DC, miRecule Inc. and its founder Anthony Saleh, PhD, are hard at work developing a novel treatment for FSHD. In the… Read More »
Progress Report on Therapeutic Accelerator for FSHD
Last week, Mark Stone, the FSHD Society president and CEO, gave his fourth-quarter progress report on the Therapeutic Accelerator for FSHD treatments. His presentation was given via webinar to leadership… Read More »
The Fierce Urgency of Now
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.” Thus Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. exhorted the nation at… Read More »