Month: September 2024

LGMD Awareness Day: an advocates personal journey

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This is a personal story from Johnny Faver, a member of the titin community who lives with a neuromuscular disorder that results from a disease-causing change in the TTN gene called Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy type 2J/R10 (LGMD2J/R10). As we celebrate the 10th annual LGMD awareness day, September 30th, the patient community is reaching a … Read more

The Silvey Family Foundation and Team Titin Join Forces to Fund Titin Research

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Team Titin and The Silvey Family Foundation are funding research to understand how harmful changes in the TTN gene affect muscle function in the heart and body. This research is being conducted by Jennifer Roggenbuck, MS, CGC, Professor of Neurology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, along with collaborators at The University of … Read more