We are grateful to Dr. Timothy Dalton for generously donating his winnings of $7,700 from his March 2, 2020 appearance on the popular television game show “Wheel of Fortune” to C3! As a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research efforts
Join Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 in celebrating Rare Disease Day!
Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February every year, with the goal of raising awareness about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. Over 300 million people are living with one or more of over
C3 Grant Awardee Featured in LGMD Awareness Day Spotlight Interview
Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3) has recently awarded a research grant to Dr. Antoine Dufour. The project, titled ‘Unbiased Systems-wide Investigation of Calpain 3 in Patients with LGMD2A/R1 Using Mass Spectrometry,’ aims to better understand the biological role of
2019 – The C3 Year In Numbers
2019 was a busy year for Coalition to Cure Calpain 3! During the past year we: • Funded two new research projects: Funding was awarded to Dr. Jaakko Sarparanta, Folkhälsan Research Center and the University of Helsinki, and Dr. Nicholas
Double your donation on Giving Tuesday 2019
A “C3 Champion” has made a commitment to match every dollar donated on Giving Tuesday, up to $25,000. Your contribution today to support scientific research for those families impacted by the muscle-wasting disease LGMD2A/R1 (a form of calpainopathy)
C3 Scientific Director Dr. Jennifer Levy Appointed to Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee
The Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee (MDCC) is a federal advisory committee that aims to coordinate the activities repeated to muscular dystrophy research across the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal programs including the Centers for Disease Control and
Together we are STRONGER: 5th Annual LGMD Awareness Day is Coming Up!
The 5th annual Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day is coming up on September 30, 2019. Help C3 raise awareness of LGMD in your community and through social media. It’s time to: 1. Start planning to wear Lime Green on
May 20 is Clinical Trials Awareness Day
It is CLINICAL TRIALS AWARENESS day… C3 often gets asks, are there any clinical trials underway for LGMD2A (a form of calpainopathy)? Yes! One form of clinical trial, called a natural history study, is currently underway. This type of study
C3’s 2018 Year in Review
Happy New Year! We at Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3) thank our Board of Directors for working alongside us and our generous donors for helping us realize these achievements in 2018: THREE NEW RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED IN 2018 Development of Gene
SAVE THE DATE: National LGMD Conference to be held August 30 – September 2, 2019
The National Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois on August 30 – September 2, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency. The conference is dedicated to bringing every patient into an active role seeking to find cures