Dr. Atala on PBS "Amniotic Fluid Yields New Type of Stem Cell"

Stem Cells from Full Term Mothers

Introducing a New European Charity whose Sole Aim is to Raise Funds for Research into the Condition.

JFF Supports Breakthrough Discovery of Gene Responsible for Muscle Weakness

Global Health Support Community for People Affected by "Myotubular Myopathy"

Press Release Welcoming Dr. Atala to Wake Forest

Wake Forest groundbreaking for the Institute ’s new building

Dr. Kunkel's Laboratory

Myotubular Myopathy Resource Group

Dr. Alan Begg's Laboratory

Dr. Anthony Atala’s Laboratory

Children's Hospital Boston

Centronuclear and Myotubular Myopathy Information Point

Harvard Neuromuscular Disease Project

"The Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund" for Mass Residents Only

The muscular dystrophy association provides general information about various topics related to neuromuscular conditions.

The myotubular myopathy mail group is an on-line listserv composed of families and individuals with myotubular myopathy. This group provides a good forum for asking questions and discussing experiences.

The myopathy mail group is an on-line listserv and support group composed of individuals with all different forms of neuromuscular conditions.

MUMS - National Parent-to-Parent Network
MUMS is a national parent-to-parent organization for parents or care providers of a child with any disability, rare or not so rare disorder, chromosomal abnormality or health condition.

MUMS' main purpose is to provide support to parents in the form of a networking system that matches them with other parents whose children have the same or similar condition.

Through a database of over 17,000 families from 52 countries covering over 3,000 disorders, very rare syndromes or conditions can be matched

NORD: National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Organization for Rare Disorders
55 Kenosia Avenue, PO Box 1968
Danbury, CT 06813-1968
203-744-0100
Tollfree: 800-999-6673 (voicemail only)
TDD Number: 203-797-9590
203-798-2291 (fax)
Email: orphan@rarediseases.org

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is a federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD maintains three searchable databases and an alphabetical index of disease names.