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Big news: SanfordCoRDS will present the first-ever MSMDS patient registry at our 2025 Conference! A vital step for research & families alike. Join us in person or virtually... just 2 weeks to go! 📌 Register free: acta2alliance.org/events #MSMDS #PatientRegistry #RareDisease






Coming to you today live from the 2025 #MSMDS International Family and Research Conference with the ACTA2 Alliance! Can't wait for another day of fun, community, and research.

Dr. Ryan Carroll, MD & Dr. Jessica Schnell, MD discuss "What Matters To You" -- asking each day what matters to parents of children in the ICU allows parents to feel more involved in their child's care and reinforce family wishes. ACTA2 Alliance #MSMDS #MSMDSConference

Now up: a presentation on the development of a large animal model for multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (#MSMDS). Starting with a sheep model of MSMDS and will soon follow-up with a pathway to the clinic. Exciting stuff! ACTA2 Alliance

Why use a large animal model? "Large animal models better recapitulate human disease," says Jillian Gallagher, a PhD student in the Gray-Edwards Lab at UMass Chan Medical School. #AnimalModels #MedicalResearch #MSMDS ACTA2 Alliance




