Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Awards $600K To Nationwide Children’s Hospital For Gene Therapy Study

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest non-profit organization in the United States focused on finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), announced that PPMD will award a $600,000 grant to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio to conduct clinical testing of a promising gene therapy technique for muscle disease. Investigators, led by Jerry Mendell, M.D., director of the Center for Gene Therapy in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital with co-investigator Brian Kaspar, Ph… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)