Neurofibromatosis Research to receive $27 million

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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has announced receipt of a five-year, $27 million gift earmarked to fast-track the development of therapies to treat tumors associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common and often debilitating neurogenetic disorder that causes tumors called plexiform neurofibromas to grow on nerves anywhere in the body.


http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120611/2427-million-received-to-speed-new-treatments-for-disabling-neurological-disorder.aspx


This is good news for those families who have NF.