NIH R01 funded to help children with muscular dystrophy
NIH R01 funded to help children with muscular dystrophy
| Event Date: | February 9, 2024 |
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NIH provides funding to the CVIRL to improve prediction of heart disease progression in pediatric patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Purdue Professors Craig Goergen and Guang Lin team up with medical centers around the country and receive $3.6 Million NIH grant to improve heart disease detection in kids with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy using advanced imaging and machine learning.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $3.6M grant to support the Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiac care consortium (DMDCCC). The consortium is working to integrate statistical modeling based on advanced imaging in order to improve the prediction of heart dysfunction, otherwise known as cardiomyopathy (CM). CM is the leading cause of death in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients (DMD/BMD).