FSH Society Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) recommends and Board of Directors funds $393,489 for five (5) new research awards for the August 2012 grant cycle! PDF
FSH Society funds $393,489 for five (5) new research awards for the August 2012 grant cycle!
The 2012 End-of-year Challenge of $225,000 from major donors has been exceeded!
The 2012 End-of-year Challenge of $225,000 from major donors has been exceeded! You have helped the FSH Society have the most successful fundraising year ever, with your personal gifts, your… Read More »
The FSH Society Answers Questions About the New Gene SMCHD1 for FSH Muscular Dystrophy
Fueled by funding from the FSH Society, an international research team has discovered the genes that cause facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a devastating muscle-wasting disease that affects 500,000 people around… Read More »
Canadian Foundation Launched!
Canadian Foundation Launched! Great news for Canadians who wish to support FSHD research! Canadians can now donate funds directly towards FSHD research — and receive a tax deduction. The FSHD… Read More »
Exciting news to report!
Exciting news to report! A watershed paper was published online in Nature Genetics identifying the mutation in a gene causing the non-chromosome-4-linked FSHD disease called FSHD1B or FSHD2