Tying Up Research Funded

["Linda B. Merims" <lbm@naisp.net>]

The Morris Foundation is funding a new study:

 

"Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, at the University of

Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine, is conducting

a two-year study labeled "Glucose Transporter Regulation

in Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy."  Tying-up

occurs commonly in Quarter Horses and related breeds

and results from an inability to properly metabolize glycogen

and sugars in muscles.  This study will focus on identifying the

exact cellular biochemical defects responsible for the

condition in order to target specific treatments.  In addition,

the investigators will develop a DNA-based diagnostic

blood test using their molecular genetic studies."

 

                                                        Morris Foundation press release.

 

 

The article doesn't say how much $$ the Morris Foundation

is giving them.  Morris has lots of money ($3.7 million

annually) but tends to spread it pretty thin.