Dr. Jennifer Levy, Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 Scientific Director, is a proud contributor to the Winter 2022 issue of LGMD News. This magazine, a project of The Speak Foundation, publishes up-to-date information for the LGMD community. Dr. Levy’s article shares updates on the different therapeutic approaches being pursued to develop a treatment for LGMD2A/R1.
C3 is pleased to share that a research grant has been awarded to Drs. Ana Töpf, Jordi Diaz-Manera, and Volker Straub at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre at Newcastle University. This project, titled “Understanding the variable expression of dominant calpainopathies,” explores the molecular basis for LGMDD4, also known as dominant calpainopathy. The Challenges... Read More
Melissa Spencer, PhD, Chair of the C3 Scientific Advisory Board and Professor of Neurology at UCLA, recently presented during a webinar hosted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The presentation, aimed at educating the public, gave an excellent background about genes, mutations, and adeno-associated vector (AAV)-based gene therapies. She highlights some of the latest advances... Read More
