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ACTIVE GRANTS, 1999

UTAH

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

Logan - Utah State University

Peter Ruben, Ph.D.
(RG) Sodium channels in non-dystrophic myotonia and periodic paralysis
$ 63,926.00	7/1/99 - 6/30/00	Year 3

Summary: Certain paralytic diseases such as myotonia and periodic paralysis are caused by changes in protein structure of sodium channels of muscle. This study will measure how sodium channel function is altered by changes in protein structure.

Salt Lake City - University of Utah

Mary Beckerle, Ph.D.
(RG) Function of a muscle protein that may be affected in 
facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
$ 40,000.00	7/1/99 - 6/30/00	Year 1
$ 40,000.00	7/1/00 - 6/30/01	Year 2
$ 40,000.00	7/1/01 - 6/30/02	Year 3

Summary: Researchers are studying the function of a muscle protein that may be perturbed in FSHD.

Kendal Broadie, Ph.D.
(RG) A forward genetic model for neuromuscular disease
$ 75,000.00	1/1/00 - 12/31/00	Year 1
$ 75,000.00	1/1/01 - 12/31/01	Year 2
$ 75,000.00	1/1/02 - 12/31/02	Year 3

Summary: Researchers have defined 33 essential neuromuscular genes and propose to characterize 3 of these genes implicated in neuromuscular disease.

Mark B. Bromberg, M.D., Ph.D.
(EMG) Restricted gift for ALS research
$ 3,011.00	4/1/99 - 3/31/00	Year 1

Mahendra S. Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
(RG) Cytokine regulation of motoneuron differentiation
$ 48,928.00	7/1/99 - 6/30/00	Year 2
$ 51,210.00	7/1/00 - 6/30/01	Year 3

Summary: Researchers will grow motoneurons and their precursors to identify the molecules that are required to make them survive and develop properly.

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