Steps forward toward new treatments The FSH Society’s board of directors voted to approve $332,906 in funding for three grant applications submitted for the August 2018 cycle. The first project… Read More »
Newly funded grants
Industry collaborative workshop on FSHD clinical trial readiness
Yesterday, the FSH Society convened a landmark meeting at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center, a stone’s throw from the headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Several FDA regulators… Read More »
Giving a piece of me for research
by HILARY A. C. HOOVER, Ocala, Florida I tested positive for the FSHD gene and am currently asymptomatic. Due to my status, I was asked to donate muscle tissue via open… Read More »
FSHD Society names Jamshid Arjomand, PhD, Chief Science Officer
The FSHD Society today announced that Jamshid Arjomand, PhD, has joined the organization as its Chief Science Officer. The Society is the world’s largest research-focused patient advocacy organization for facioscapulohumeral… Read More »
New England chapter meeting talks
The University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Wellstone Center for FSHD Research is a leading team of scientists dedicated to understanding FSH muscular dystrophy and developing treatments. The center kindly hosted… Read More »