Amazingly we are heading toward the 7th annual "FiSHing for a Cure" gala to benefit FacioScapuloHumeral (FSH) Muscular Dystrophy research.  Due to your support we have been able to fund pilot projects which have been able to grow into major studies supported by the National Institutes of Health!  Researchers you helped us to fund, have become major leaders in the field of FSH research and have gained international recognition for their work. 

This year has been a stand out for FSH research!  In March, one of the largest NIH grants ever to be  awarded for FSH research was awarded to the collaborative team led by our Seattle researchers.   In August and in October research papers were published by these same researchers which demonstrated a major breakthrough in the understanding of the molecular pathology of FSH. 

FSH research has made huge strides in the past 7 years - this progress is largely a result of the research you helped us to fund.
With greater understanding of the underlying genetic mechanism responsible for FSH, the work to develop a therapeutic intervention now begins. 

Thank you so much for your support,
Terry Colella