cardiac

PPMD Announces Cardiac Care Workshop Report, Advancing Understanding of Heart Disease in Duchenne

The heart is a muscle too. And PPMD has been asking questions about the heart for many years: What do we know and what do we need to learn about heart disease (cardiomyopathy)? If treatments…

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Breaking News! PPMD Awards $2 Million to ACTION Network to Revolutionize Duchenne Cardiac Care

PPMD is pleased to announce a $2 million grant to be awarded to the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), a learning health system focused on children and adult congenital heart disease patients at…

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The Heart is a Muscle Too: Developing an Action Plan for Cardiac Care

Someone says, “wait and see,” while someone else says, “start medication early.” Someone recommends cardiac MRI, while someone else suggests, “echo is probably fine.” All the while, new technology abounds, new drugs come to market,…

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WATCH: Carrier Cardiac Care (Webinar Recording)

PPMD hosted a webinar on March 22, 2022 to discuss cardiac care for female carriers of Duchenne and Becker. Panelists discussed the importance of carrier health, learnings from the PPMD-sponsored carrier study at Nationwide Children’s…

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PPMD Convenes 80+ Expert Cardiologists & Professionals for Duchenne Cardiac Care Meeting

PPMD is spending this week joined by 80+ expert cardiologists, key neuromuscular providers, members of the FDA and NIH, and industry partners to discuss cardiac care in Duchenne. We all know that the heart is…

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PPMD Awards University of Florida Wellstone Center $348,891 Grant for Duchenne Gene Therapy Research

PPMD is pleased to award the University of Florida (UF) Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Center a grant for $348,891. The project titled “Understanding and Improving AAV Gene Therapy for DMD” is led by H. Lee…

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WATCH: Connect with the Experts: Cardiac Care & Research – Webinar Recording

Last week, PPMD hosted the first quarterly Connect with the Experts webinar around cardiac care and research. Dr. Linda Cripe (Nationwide Children’s), Dr. Lee Sweeney (University of Florida), and PPMD’s Eric Camino (Director of Research…

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December 18, 2019

PPMD Awards $465,000 Grant to The Ohio State University to Rescue Cardiac Dystrophin & Function in Duchenne

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy is excited to announce that Renzhi Han, an associate professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, will receive a $465,000 grant to study the potential use of in vivo…

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October 24, 2019

PPMD Awards $148,000 in Grants to Improve Cardiac Function in Duchenne

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) is excited to announce that Dr. Kan Hor from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Dr. Dongsheng Duan from the University of Missouri received grants to further develop their research into potential…

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October 2, 2019

Duchenne UK and PPMD Award $200,000 Grant to Develop an Accepted Set of Patient Reported Outcomes

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) and Duchenne UK announced the joint funding of a project to create a set of agreed and validated Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) for use in Europe and the US. The…

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