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Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Receives $100,000 Award from Duchenne Research Fund to Address Neurobehavioral Issues in Duchenne
February 9, 2021 GMT
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HACKENSACK, N.J., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), today announced sponsorship from the Duchenne Research Fund for an award totaling over $100,000. As part of PPMD’s new Brain Initiative, the award will support work in understanding and improving the experiences and barriers to obtaining diagnostic and therapeutic care for neurobehavioral conditions in Duchenne.
Researchers Announce Surprising Clue in the Evolution of Mammalian Middle Ear
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a study published today in the journal
Nature, researchers from Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), and the Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History in China announce a surprising clue in the puzzling evolution of the mammalian middle ear. John Wible, curator of mammals at CMNH, Sarah Shelley, a postdoctoral researcher at CMNH, and Shundong Bi, a professor at IUP and research associate at CMNH, describe a new fossil specimen of a haramiyidan (a now-extinct mammal group that thrived during the Mesozoic Era) from China s Middle Jurassic epoch that represents an evolutionary stepping stone between Mesozoic fossils and living mammals. This animal,