Investigators hope leading-edge scientific studies will translate into therapies for difficult-to-treat skeletal muscle disorders, as well as heart muscle damage
A Sept. 16 scientific program will be held in remembrance of Dr. George Stamatoyannopoulos to discuss cell and gene therapy, and other fields of his interest. .
For the past eight years, Childers has been focused on finding a cure for a form of muscular dystrophy called Myotubular Myopathy or MTM. It is a rare disease that affects the skeletal muscles.