FSHD Bonus Prize
Pays a $10 million purse to the team whose therapeutic best restores muscle function and reverses fat infiltration in people aging with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).
FSHD Bonus Prize is a SOLVE FSHD prize that pays a $10 million purse to the team whose therapeutic best restores muscle function and reverses fat infiltration in people aging with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), running alongside the wider $101M XPRIZE Healthspan competition with teams able to compete in either or both tracks. A team entering through Discretionary Late Registration …
The FSHD Bonus Prize incentivizes therapeutics that substantially improve muscle function based on fat infiltration, biomarkers, and function in people living with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. It runs alongside the wider $101M XPRIZE Healthspan competition, and teams may compete in either or both tracks.
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