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Duchenne UK and PPMD Announce $1 Million Joint Research Grant Call for Gene Therapy

PPMD is thrilled to announce our partnership with Duchenne UK to launch a joint 2020 Research Grant Call, inviting research proposals for submission and review. Up to $1 million (US) is committed to a project…

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PPMD Certifies Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center

Today Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) announced the expansion of our renowned Certified Duchenne Care Center Program (CDCCP) with the certification of the clinic at Children’s Health in Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center (Children’s…

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New Video: Meet The Duchenne Registry App!

New Video: Meet The Duchenne Registry App! Have you downloaded The Duchenne Registry app? Is your account updated? Now’s the time to join the world’s largest Duchenne-specific registry and be the first to learn about…

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Thank you for always being our strength

Thank you for always being our strength Re·sil·ience: (noun) the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; strength. Our Duchenne community is the definition of resilience. And we have never had that resilience challenged like we…

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Introducing PPMD’s Genetic Counselor Office Hours!

Introducing PPMD’s Genetic Counselor Office Hours! We are making it easier than ever before to connect with the genetic counselors at PPMD’s Duchenne Registry. The genetic counselors at The Duchenne Registry are board-certified and have…

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Duchenne Research Needs You: Your Self-Quarantine Checklist

Your Self-Quarantine Checklist: 1. Clean the house 2. Organize the closets 3. Join The Duchenne Registry! Downloading the Registry’s new smartphone app is much easier and more fun than cleaning house or organizing closets!…

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PPMD Announces First Dual Pediatric & Adult Certified Duchenne Care Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Today Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) announced the expansion of our renowned Certified Duchenne Care Center Program (CDCCP) with the program’s second Adult Certified Duchenne Care Center and first dually-certified center, the clinic at Kennedy…

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PPMD’s Pat Furlong Presents at FNIH Biomarkers Consortium

Last month, PPMD’s Founding President & CEO Pat Furlong presented at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Biomarkers Consortium, addressing the use of digital health technologies to improve therapeutic research and development….

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January 15, 2020

PPMD’s Duchenne Drug Development Roundtable Creates Clinical Trial Harmonization Guidances

PPMD is excited to share the recently developed Clinical Trial Harmonization Guidances. These guidances are the result of PPMD’s Duchenne Drug Development Roundtable working collaboratively in the pre-competitive space to encourage better consistency across companies…

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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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