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2nd Annual Patient Day:
To view highlights from our 2nd Annual Patient Day please click on the link.
The Fields Center's Expanding Collaborations:
A grant application was sent to NIH in May 2009 that includes several collaborative projects on FSHD to be conducted by the Fields Center in collaboration with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. This application will solidify the Fields Center’s collaboration with Dr. Stephen Tapscott’s laboratory in Seattle as well as bring in two additional research groups at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center solidly into the FSHD research arena. We are very hopeful that this proposal will be funded because of the strength of the research data presented and the fact that the Field Center provides the necessary infrastructure to assure the success of this venture. If funded, this project will significantly boost the research efforts into finding the cause of FSHD and the development of a rational approach to treatment.
$25,000 Gift from the Geraldi Norton Foundation and the Eklund Family
The Fields Center for FSHD and Neuromuscular Research received a generous gift of $25,000 from the Geraldi Norton Foundation and the Eklund Family. This gift will be used for a joint FSHD research project conducted by Fields Center investigators and Dr. Stephen Tapscott, a Fields Center Consultant at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. The project will accelerate investigation of recent and important findings by Dr. Tapscott that reveal the presence of multiple, novel genetic messages emanating from the region on chromosome 4 implicated in FSHD. Early indications suggest that one or more of these messages may interfere with muscle growth and repair. The Fields Center extends its sincere appreciation to the Geraldi Norton Foundation and the Eklund Family for supporting this promising endeavor.
For more information, please contact the Fields Center FieldsCenter@urmc.rochester.edu
