Using the Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) model system to investigate the molecular pathogenesis of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
Summary: A $25,000 emergency funding grant was awarded to J. Paul Taylor, MD, Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. The grant helped support Dr. Taylor and his team's research using the Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) model system to investigate the molecular pathogenesis of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (aka Kennedy's Disease). In response to the KDA's grant, we received the following email from Dr. Taylor referencing the status of his current Kennedy's Disease research. "... This (grant) could be a life saver. We have made great strides with our work, in fact, we have a manuscript on our Kennedy's Disease work that has received good reviews. This work was largely funded by (the) KDA and I have been anxiously waiting for this work to be accepted for publication before alerting you. I have also had two graduate students join my lab who are doing their Ph.D. thesis work on Kennedy's Disease.
