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Grant - Sping 2014 - SMA - Rashmi Kothary, Ph.D.

Rashmi Kothary, a senior scientist in the Regenerative Medicine Program at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada, has been awarded an MDA research grant totaling $253,800 over three years to further investigate a potential new treatment approach for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) . Kothary and colleagues will continue to develop inhibitors of an enzyme called rho kinase to see if they are beneficial in this disease. Early experiments in mice have shown promise.
Funding for this MDA research grant began May 1, 2014.
Grantee: SMA - Rashmi Kothary, Ph.D.
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