Tuesday 12 July 2016

PPMD Awards The Ohio State University Grant to Support Cardiomyopathy Therapy for Duchenne - PPMD Community

PPMD Awards The Ohio State University Grant to Support Cardiomyopathy Therapy for Duchenne - PPMD Community: "Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) announced today plans to award Dr. Denis Guttridge of The Ohio State University with a $48,000 grant for his work in cardiac issues in Duchenne. Duchenne affects muscles, and since the heart is a muscle too, cardiac problems remain a major concern for patients. PPMD has spent the last several years supporting efforts to improve cardiac care and believe in the promising work Dr. Guttridge and his team at Ohio State are doing.
 
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in childhood, affecting approximately one in every 5,000 live male births. Almost all Duchenne patients develop heart problems. In order to treat the disease, new drugs will have to work by fixing both skeletal and heart muscles. In contrast to Duchenne skeletal muscles, very little is known about a dystrophic heart."



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