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ACTIVE GRANTS, 1999

LOUISIANA

FUNDING PROGRAM LEGEND
(EMG) (GRG) (INT) (RF) (RG) (SG) (DG)	Earmarked Gift Genetics Research Grant Interim Grant Research Fellowship Research Grant Special Grant Research Development Grant

New Orleans - Louisiana State University

Bronya Keats, Ph.D.
(RG)  Genetic studies of the GAA repeat in Friedreich's ataxia (FA)
$  60,000.00	7/1/99 - 6/30/00	Year 3

Summary: Molecular genetic methods will be used to characterize the triplet repeat expansion that is associated with FA. This knowledge will aid in understanding the disease and lead to possible treatments.

Jay Kolls, M.D.
(PPG)  Immunomodulation and gene therapy for muscular dystrophy
$  58,410.00	1/1/00 - 12/31/00	Year 3

Summary: Gene therapy with a common cold virus (adenovirus) has been proposed as a novel form of treatment. However, to date these viruses have been hampered by their ability to elicit an immune response. This proposal will study a novel virus which will not elicit this immune response to make gene therapy more feasible.

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