Clubfoot Regulation of Contracture by Growth Factor Manipulation
Grant Recipient: Benjamin Alman, MD
- Presentations & Publications:
- Publication: Li, C; Nguyen, Q; Cole, WG; Alman, BA: “Potential Treatment for Clubfeet Based on Growth Factor Blockade,” Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, 2001:21(3):pp 372-7.
- Further Funding:
- The preliminary data was used to get a CIHR Grant (equivalent of an NIH grant in Canada) to study Fibrosis. This grant has lead to a number of publications (including in PNAS), and was recently successfully renewed (as of 2004).
