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Grant - Summer 2015 - CMT - Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D.

Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology Aaron DiAntonio at Washington University school of Medicine in St. Louis was awarded an MDA research grant totaling $300,000 over three years to identify novel targets to block nerve degeneration in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). DiAntonio will perform a genetic screen in fruit flies to identify genetic suppressors of nerve degeneration and then test these targets in human nerve cells in a dish. The resulting targets will be potential candidates for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy and other disorders in which motor axons are lost.
Funding for this MDA research grant began Aug. 1, 2015.
Grantee: CMT - Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D.
Grant type: Research Grant
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