MDA FUNDS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA NEUROLOGIST EXPLORING LINK BETWEEN DIABETES AND FRIEDREICH’S ATAXIA

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 23, 2011–The Muscular Dystrophy Association has awarded neurology professor David Lynch, M.D., Ph.D., at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a $202,222 grant to study the connection between diabetes and Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA). Lynch has been an MDA-funded investigator for many years.