Friends of FSH Research

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217 19th Place
Kirkland, WA 98033
Tel: 425-827-8954

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2014 auction

Friends of FSH Research
depends on private
donations from individuals
and corporations. Donations are accepted throughout the year as well as at our annual fund raising dinner and auction. To learn more about the "FiSHing for a Cure" auction, visit our AUCTION page

PSG Painter: Ted Pankowski

FSH News & Updates

FSH January 26^th Auction
FiSHing for a Cure
with HeART

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New Call for Research Proposals

Terry Collela, President of Friends makes a new call for research.

Nature Journals Aim to Improve Reproducibility

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Friends considers efforts to reduce accidental bias and promote both transparency of data and reproducibility to be of utmost importance in translating FSH research from the lab to the clinic, which is why our grant process specifically addresses this issue.

FSH Mouse Model Expresses DUX4

Stephen Tapscott & Silvère van der Maarel publish initial findings on a new mouse model for FSHD1.

FSH Most Common Form of Muscular Dystrophy in France

French language article on another antioxidant study makes the interesting claim that FSH is now the most common form of MD in France.

FSH, l’autre myopathie

French language exerpts from a March-April exhibition on FSH in Paris. Note that the presentation may not function unless using Google Chrome.

Corrected stem cells create functional muscle

Michael Kyba helps show that genetically corrected iPS cells grow muscle.

MD CARE Act of 2013

Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Act reauthorization.

Preventing DUX4 Activation and Apoptosis in FSHD Myotubes

New 2-year grant awarded to Gregory J Block PhD.

FSH Scholar Report

Barbara D Page provides a final report on her FSH Research Scholar grant funded by Friends of FSH Research.

Majority vs Minority

Melanie Ehrlich investigates two opposing models, Majority Rules and Minority Rules, in her paper Deciphering transcription dysregulation in FSH muscular dystrophy.

January 26

2013

What We Do

Directly support FSH research through grants made possible largely through your participation in our annual auction. The all-volunteer staff spend countless hours to create a single fun and exciting evening for a very serious cause: Finding the cause and cure for FSH Muscular Dystrophy.

Only because of funding from individuals through organizations like Friends of FSH Research has much progress been made to determine what specific genetic changes are actually causing the disease. Read more About Us. Read also about the many ways you too can contribute.

Thanks to Ann & Nancy Wilson of HEART
for providing the special
Gala Centerpieces

What is FSH Muscular Dystrophy?

UW Medicine's Dr. Daniel Miller Talks About FSH
See Also: Challenges in unraveling FSHD

You can make a difference

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	If you are a patient, reigster with the National Registry for MD and FSH Patients in order to participate in research, and encourage more research in this area.

Linda Geng, one of several researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center funded by Friends of FSH Research, provides a brief overview of a recent project.

See Also: DUX4 Activates Germline Genes

DUX4 Primer

An 11½-minute podcast interview by MDA with Stephen Tapscott explores recent findings funded by Friends of FSH Research about the molecular basis of FSHD (see Quest article). Requires MP3 audio support.

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Thank You For Helping

On May 15, The Seattle Foundation once again sponsored its Give BIG day. Matching funds were contributed by various organizations, and the more you gave on May 15, the larger a share was directed toward FSHD research. We raise $4352 in a single day for research.

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