Joint initiative (U.S.) At the close of 2010, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and The Duchenne Research Fund announced a partnership to fund a medical student doing research in a field related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The Duchenne Research Fund has agreed to fund up to one research fellowship for a medical student [...]
Current Projects
Ringo
A golden retriever with dystrophin-negative muscular dystrophy and an exceptionally mild phenotype (Brazil) Under the leadership of Dr. Mayana Zatz, a team of researchers has identified a dog within their colony of golden retriever muscular dystrophy that has a phenotype much milder than all of the other dogs in the colony. This interesting observation is [...]
Exon Skipping
Exon Skipping for duplication mutations of the dystrophin gene (UK & Australia) Under the leadership of Drs. Nic Wells, Steve Wilton, and Francesco Muntoni this team of world’s experts in exon skipping is working on establishing whether large duplications of the dystrophin gene can be skipped similar to what has been shown and is currently [...]