The FSHD Society’s Early-Onset Parent Roundtable

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Early-Onset Parent Roundtable February 21, 2023 Join us for our monthly Early-Onset Parent Roundtable on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, where parents meet to exchange ideas, offer support, and…

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The FSHD Society’s 2022 FSHD Connect

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2022 FSHD Connect June 18-19, 2022 Orlando, FL An educated, empowered, and connected community can achieve extraordinary things! Every two years, the FSHD Connect conference brings together hundreds of patients,…

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The FSHD Society’s FSHD Society Radio

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FSHD Society Radio May 11, 2021 On the second Tuesday of each month, Tim Hollenbeck hosts FSHD Society radio on YouTube. Dial in at 414-375-2561 to share your thoughts, or…

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Love, Work, Progress, and Community in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
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Love, Work, Progress, and Community in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Colette Wheeler is one of four siblings, and although each had only a 50/50 chance of inheriting the genetic mutation that leads to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), all of them…

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Possible New Treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
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Possible New Treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

A team of researchers from the University of Alberta have created a possible treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Their work has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…

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CRISPR as a Tool to Treat Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
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CRISPR as a Tool to Treat Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

  According to a press release from the Boston Children's Hospital, a study has discovered the efficacy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). As…

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Losmapimod Receives Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of FSHD
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Losmapimod Receives Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of FSHD

Losmapimod is an experimental treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and it recently received the Orphan Drug designation from the FDA. Not only did it receive this designation, but its…

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Experimental Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy Drug Found Safe and Tolerable in Phase 1 Study
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Experimental Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy Drug Found Safe and Tolerable in Phase 1 Study

A recent press release from Fulcrum Therapeutics, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, announced preliminary findings of the company's phase 1 clinical study of losmapimod in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Losmapimod is…

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Experimental Treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy has Disappointing Results but May Still Benefit Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

The Bad News Unfortunately, it has recently been announced that an experimental treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) will not be continuing on in clinical trials. This is because the…

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Fulcrum Therapeutics Acquires Experimental Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Drug

According to a press release from Massachusetts-based biotech company Fulcrum Therapeutics, the company has successfully secured global commercialization rights of GlaxoSmithKline-developed experimental facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) drug losmapimod. Losmapimod, an…

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