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Be sure to mark your calendars now! Our ninth annual dinner dance will take place on Thursday, July 18, 2019, at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach, NY. Details and ticket information will be available soon. Hope to see you there!...
Facio Therapies announced today that it has selected its first series of potential FSHD drug development candidates. This series comprises several families of small-molecule compounds that are associated with a narrowly defined target class. Neither the compound families nor the target class have ever been...
Article originally appeared on sciencedaily.com, November 7, 2017. In a recent paper published in the journal Skeletal Muscle, a Saint Louis University researcher reports success in identifying new drug targets that potentially could slow or halt the progression of a form muscular dystrophy, an illness characterized by progressive muscle...
Article originally appeared on musculardystrophynews.com, October 10, 2017. Resolaris (ATYR1940) improved the muscle strength of nearly two-thirds of adolescents and young adults with early-onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), according to final results of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. The therapy’s maker, aTyr Pharma, presented the findings at the 22nd International Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society...
Bruce Beck of NBC 4 provides coverage of the C2C4FSHD bike tour....
Frank Carbone’s energy is infectious. Starting in Seattle and for the better part of two months, he led a group of cyclists across the country. CBS2’s Steve Overmyer caught up with him during a two-minute pit stop in Fort Lee before entering their final leg...
A 4,200-mile journey through 15 states that began in Seattle in May came to an end in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, as cyclists pedaled their way to the Barclays Center and celebrated the funding and awareness they raised for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy....
Post by Chris Carrino June 20th is World FSHD Day. A day of awareness for FSHD, to show we are united for a cure. However, for those of us affected by this disease, June 20th is simply known as - Tuesday. There isn’t a moment of every day that...
Fastfoward to the 18:45 minute mark to hear Chris' interview....