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 »
New England chapter meeting talks
DUX4 structure unveiled
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- December 12, 2018 – New research by University of Minnesota scientists has revealed the three-dimensional structure of the DUX4 protein, which is responsible for the disease, facioscapulohumeral muscular… Read More »
“Building the house” for FSHD therapies
Patients who volunteer for research are the keystone of drug development efforts. Without them, the entire edifice built by teams of biologists, chemists, doctors, and other PhDs and MDs, would… Read More »
Follistatin gene therapy strengthens muscle in FSHD mouse model
An experimental gene therapy has been shown to enlarge and strengthen muscles in a mouse model of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The study was published on November 15 in the… Read More »
Webinar with Stephen Tapscott MD PhD (video)
From our webinar on November 7, 2018. Dr. Tapscott, one of the world’s leading scientists working on the fundamental understanding of FSH muscular dystrophy, updates us on our understanding of… Read More »