New Gene Therapies for Muscular Dystrophy
UW Medicine neurologist and geneticist, Dr. Jeffery Chamberlain, the study’s senior author, has worked his entire career on finding therapeutics and seeking a cure for muscular dystrophy. He is director of the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center and is the McCaw endowed chair in muscular dystrophy at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The research project was led by molecular biologist Dr. Hichem Tasfaout working in the Chamberlain lab.