Research

We are pleased to announce that the NASH (Nash Avery Search for Hope) Fund for MD Research at the University of Minnesota for 2004-2005 has been able to fund the following Research Project Grants. 

Therapeutic stem cell transplantation for muscular dystrophies
Principal Investigator:  Atsushi Asakura, Ph.D.

The Treatment of Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal Investigator: Scott Crow, M.D.

Clinical Trials in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal Investigator:  John Day, M.D., Ph.D.

Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of Diseased Muscle
Principal Investigator: William Durfee, Ph.D.

The proteasome and muscle remodeling
Principal Investigators: Deborah Ferrington, Ph.D.

Opioid preconditioning of normal and dystrophic heart muscle
Principal Investigator: Paul Iaizzo, Ph.D.

Benefits of excercise to dystrophic muscle
Principal Investigator:  Dawn Lowe, Ph.D.

Myogenic potential of extraocular muscle satellite cells
Principal Investigator: Linda McLoon, Ph.D.

Genetic investigations of muscular dystrophy multisystemic effects
Principal Investigator: Laura Ranum, Ph.D.

Role of cardiac myosin in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy
Principal Investigator: Osha Roopnarine, Ph.D.

Dystrophic mouse colony 
Principal Investigator: David Thomas, Ph.D.

Gene and Protein Expressions with Disuse Atrophy
Principal Investigator:  LaDora Thompson, Ph.D.

Developing a Treatment for Duchenne Metabolic Failure
Principal Investigator:  Stephanie Valberg, Ph.D. DVM.    

Investigating the use of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Principal Investigator: Catherine Verfaillie, M.D.