About FSHD Canada Foundation

FSHD clinical trials are coming to Canada – get registered here: Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry

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A Cure To Move

Funding research to help find a cure for Canadians who suffer from FSHD.

Calgary FSHD Clinical Innovation HUB

Test period: One Year Investigator: Dr. Lawrence Korngut, University of Calgary Lay abstract The really good news for FSHD patients is that cures are coming – and fast. And FSHD…

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Follistatin Mini-Pig Project

Test period: Six Months Investigator: Dr. Peter Jones, University of Nevada Reno Lay abstract Over the years FSHD Canada has supported the development of Dr. Jones’ FSHD mini-pigs. Well –…

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Muscle Regeneration – 12 Shots on Goal

Test period: February 2024 – December 2024 Investigator: Myologica: Ramzi Khairallah, PhD Lay abstract Muscle Regeneration Projects We don’t have a cure for FSHD – yet. But that shouldn’t stop…

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Srideep Dey

Kitchener, ON

I was diagnosed with fshd at the age of 10, now I'm 23. I also face the same difficulties, among which climbing staircase is the worst, and I am scared…

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Shanon

Spruce Grove, AB

I was a diagnosed at the age of 13 (1983). Neither of my parents have nor carry the gene. There is no family history. When I was 23, I had…

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John Mora

Toronto, ON

Good evening, my name is John. I was diagnosed with FSHD Muscular Dystrophy on January of 2015. Before my diagnosis I used to train MMA and kickboxing, live a normal…

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Our Mission

The singular goal of the FSHD Canada Foundation is to help find a cure — as soon as possible — for Canadians who suffer with FSHD.

To accomplish this the Foundation aims to reach out to all Canadians to make them aware of what is going on in FSHD research and to solicit financial support for the critical research required to find a cure. The Foundation will then use these funds to support FSHD research — in Canada and around the world.

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What is FSHD?

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy or FSHD is the most prevalent of the nine primary types of muscular dystrophy affecting adults and children. Muscular dystrophy in general connotes a genetic, hereditary muscle disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. FSHD is also broadly characterized as a neuromuscular disease (NMD), as muscular dystrophy is a subset of NMD. Muscular dystrophies are alike in that they cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in the biochemical, physical and structural components of muscle, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. However, researchers believe that the causes of each of the muscular dystrophies are not necessarily the same.

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