We are pleased to announce that the NASH (Nash Avery Search for Hope) Fund for MD Research at the University of Minnesota for 2004-2005 has been able to fund the following Research Project Grants.
Therapeutic stem cell transplantation for muscular dystrophies
Principal Investigator: Atsushi Asakura, Ph.D.
The Treatment of Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal Investigator: Scott Crow, M.D.
Clinical Trials in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal Investigator: John Day, M.D., Ph.D.
Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of Diseased Muscle
Principal Investigator: William Durfee, Ph.D.
The proteasome and muscle remodeling
Principal Investigators: Deborah Ferrington, Ph.D.
Opioid preconditioning of normal and dystrophic heart muscle
Principal Investigator: Paul Iaizzo, Ph.D.
Benefits of excercise to dystrophic muscle
Principal Investigator: Dawn Lowe, Ph.D.
Myogenic potential of extraocular muscle satellite cells
Principal Investigator: Linda McLoon, Ph.D.
Genetic investigations of muscular dystrophy multisystemic effects
Principal Investigator: Laura Ranum, Ph.D.
Role of cardiac myosin in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy
Principal Investigator: Osha Roopnarine, Ph.D.
Dystrophic mouse colony
Principal Investigator: David Thomas, Ph.D.
Gene and Protein Expressions with Disuse Atrophy
Principal Investigator: LaDora Thompson, Ph.D.
Developing a Treatment for Duchenne Metabolic Failure
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Valberg, Ph.D. DVM.
Investigating the use of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Principal Investigator: Catherine Verfaillie, M.D.