FSH Society Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) recommends and Board of Directors funds $393,489 for five (5) new research awards for the August 2012 grant cycle! PDF
FSH Society funds $393,489 for five (5) new research awards for the August 2012 grant cycle!
The 2012 End-of-year Challenge of $225,000 from major donors has been exceeded!
The 2012 End-of-year Challenge of $225,000 from major donors has been exceeded! You have helped the FSH Society have the most successful fundraising year ever, with your personal gifts, your friends and family’s gifts, together contributing to over $1,422,000 for 2012. Think of the research that can be funded…. Thank you. Thank you.
The FSH Society Answers Questions About the New Gene for FSH Muscular Dystrophy
Boston, MA / January 24, 2013 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a disease most people have never heard of, even though it is one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. Having a name that is daunting to pronounce and spell doesn’t help. But being an “invisible” disease has its up side. Frustrated by… Read More »
The FSH Society Answers Questions About the New Gene SMCHD1 for FSH Muscular Dystrophy
Fueled by funding from the FSH Society, an international research team has discovered the genes that cause facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a devastating muscle-wasting disease that affects 500,000 people around the world. The FSH Society answers questions about what these findings mean for patients.