FSHDGlobalResearch

The FSHD Global Research Foundation is an Australian not-for-profit organisation dedicated to finding a treatment and cure for Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD).

The Foundation is currently funding a number of groundbreaking research projects around the world (with a particular encouragement of Australian based research) aimed at achieving these goals.

FSHD is one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy and genetic hereditary diseases seen in skeletal muscle. Its prevalence varies from country to country depending on medical diagnostic competence. A 2010 report by Orphanet entitled 'Prevalence of rare diseases: A bibliographic study' estimates that FSHD affects seven in 100,000 people, while in some third world countries its prevalence is not recorded at all.

Learn more about our work at www.fshdglobal.org