Press Releases

Australian Neurogeneticist Receives A$186K+ MDA Grant
April 14, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. (April 15, 2010) — Forty-two medical researchers and their labs in the U.S., Australia and Canada have been awarded more than $21 million (A$22,659,000) in grants by the Muscular Dystrophy Association to advance critical neuromuscular research in 2010. Many of the grants are multiyear awards to be dispersed over the next three years.
Painting of Young Jerry Lewis by Baltimore Artist Accepted into MDA Art Collection
April 14, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz., April 14, 2011 – Baltimore artist Tommy Roberts has had a painting of comedian Jerry Lewis, who serves as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, accepted into the MDA Art Collection.
Two Johns Hopkins ALS Researchers Win MDA Grants to Study Lou Gehrig's Disease
April 07, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. (April 8, 2010) — Forty-two medical researchers and their labs have been awarded more than $21 million in grants by the Muscular Dystrophy Association to advance critical neuromuscular research in 2010. Many of the grants are multiyear awards to be dispersed over the next three years.
Artwork by Houston Artist Accepted into MDA Art Collection
April 05, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. (April 5, 2010) — A drawing by artist Kaalan Wilson of Houston has been accepted into the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Art Collection. Now in its 18th year, the Collection features artwork by people from across the country with muscular dystrophy and related diseases.
Collaborative Grant to University of Washington Researcher to Speed Therapy Development for FSH Dystrophy
April 04, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz., and KIRKLAND, Wash.
Artwork by Bethel Artist Accepted into MDA Art Collection
April 04, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. (April 5, 2010) — A painting by artist Carlos Serbia of Bethel, Conn., has been accepted into the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Art Collection. Now in its 18th year, the Collection features artwork by people from across the country with muscular dystrophy and related diseases.
MDA Awards $13.5 Million in New Grants to Speed Research Seeking Treatments for Neuromuscular Diseases
February 07, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz.
Artwork by Young Redlands Artist Accepted into MDA Art Collection
January 21, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. – A drawing by Abbey Umali of Redlands, Calif., has been accepted into the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Art Collection. Now in its 19th year, the Collection features artwork by people from across the country with muscular dystrophy and related diseases.
Acceleron Awarded $1.5 Million Grant from Muscular Dystrophy Association to Support ACE-031
January 06, 2011
Cambridge, Mass.
Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
December 06, 2010
We are pleased to announce that the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has agreed to fund a pilot study of newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

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