INMR - The Institute for Neuromuscular Research
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Our Research

The Institute is presently engaged in several major research projects examining different aspects of nerve and muscle disease.

Each project has a set mission, timetable and budget allocation, and it is anticipated that the outcome of each project will advance the aims of the Institute from both a research and clinical perspective.

The current projects cover the following areas:

  • identifying new forms of muscular dystrophy,
  • unlocking the mystery of inherited congenital myopathies,
  • studying the genes which influence athletic performance,
  • determining the cause of a fatal neuropathy of infants,
  • finding the gene for a new form of episodic weakness; and
  • mapping the role of a natural anti-oxidant in peripheral neuropathy.

In conducting this research, the Institute calls upon and contributes to a network of Australian and International collaborators to enhance the effectiveness of each project.